Mark and Bee Long opened Singapore Baker’s Cafe at Gravelly Beach in September, and quickly endeared themselves to the West Tamar community, Mr Long said.

“People like that we’re a husband and wife making everything ourselves,” Mr Long said.

“The response is very good.”

The cafe has signature home-baked sweet treats – oatmeal scones with fruit and seeds, gluten-free chocolate and chilli cakes, bite-sized carrot cakes and salted caramel brownies – and the rest of the menu changes each day.

Mrs Long bakes cakes where natural flavours thrill their customer’s taste buds, rather than overpower with sugar.

“People can tell it’s home made. The cakes are not too sweet and have reduced sugar. They are not sickly with too much sweetness,” she said.

Besides the cakes, the cafe menu also features Singaporean chicken and fish curries using Tasmanian ingredients and “real” milkshakes with combinations of stewed apple, banana, spices, chocolate and peanut butter.

“We don’t use syrups. We’re trying to be a bit different,” Mrs Long said. 

“As much as we can, we buy and use local ingredients.”

Singapore Baker’s Cafe is open Wednesday to Sunday from 9am – 4pm at 291a Gravelly Beach Road, Gravelly Beach.

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