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Black Star Pastry

This venue is a finalist in the icons category in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Black Star Pastry’s tasting box.
1 / 3Black Star Pastry’s tasting box.Supplied
Black Star Pastry’s signature watermelon cake.
2 / 3Black Star Pastry’s signature watermelon cake.Anna Kucera
Black Sesame Zen cake.
3 / 3Black Sesame Zen cake. Supplied

Black Star Pastry Newtown

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Black Star offers so much more than its Instagram-famous strawberry and watermelon cake, which kicked off a new wave of patisserie-forward bakeries in Sydney. Innovation continues at its contemporary Newtown cafe, where East Asian flavours are woven into aesthetically driven desserts including a black sesame cheesecake resembling a Japanese rock garden and a “mug” made with rich cocoa pastry filled with airy, matcha mousse.

Good to know: Return for monthly chiffon cake specials in flavours such as tiramisu or ube.

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