Black Star Pastry, Sydney CBD

Being a major fan of Black Star Pastry cakes, it was on my 'to-do' list to take SissyG to Newtown and visit the bakery... that was until I checked out there website and discovered that they recently opened a new branch in Kinokuniya, CBD. Since we were going into the city to watch Kung Fu Panda 3 and visit Sepia, I insisted on a afternoon dessert stop here:

Entrance of Cafe

Just like the branch in Newtown, this cafe offers coffee and a range of mouth-watering cakes:

Individual Cakes on Display

More Cakes and Tarts
(look at that popcorn cake!)

In addition to the usual cake menu, there is a new cake on the block that is (supposedly) only offered at this particular branch (a lie.. also saw it at the Newtown branch) - the Raspberry Lychee Chocolate Cake ($10):

Top View

Side View

Another multi-layer cake, this cake is constructed with the following layers (from top to bottom):

1. Raspberries and lychees (coated in gelatin), topped with an edible flower
2. Cream
3. Sponge cake
4. Raspberry marshmallow 
5. Vanilla cream
6. Chocolate biscuit/cake

Presentation-wise, the Raspberry Lychee Chocolate Cake is very pretty and it didn't taste overly sweet or cream-y. However, instead of doing a raspberry marshmallow layer, I think they opted for a simpler/quicker option of just placing the normal round raspberry marshmallows into the vanilla cream and the chocolate 'biscuit' base turned out to be more like a chocolate sponge cake. Overall, it's a good addition to their cake menu (although only at this branch only).

Also, a sneaky peek at their signature Strawberry and Watermelon Cake:

Strawberry and Watermelon Cake ($7.50)

One of the Asian girls sharing the table with us actually ended up eating two of these...#respect

There is limited seating within the cafe area so you'll need to wait if there are no available tables or takeaway and consume at the nearby TGV underground food court.