The Tart Sisters in Ashfield is one of the best bakery shops in Sydney, selling golden savoury tarts, oven-warm brioche, chubby pastry pies and sweet fruit-laden treats. August 6, 2024 You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more.
Save this article for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Cafe $ $$$ It is a joy, of eye-widening, mouth-watering baked goods proportions, to walk into the Tart Sisters. Stocked like a country baking fair at full bloom, albeit in a suburban street in Ashfield, this tiny, swoony, sun-filled shop bursts with freshly baked tarts, cakes, slices and pies, all neatly placed on racks and ceramic stands edged by cooking books, stacked pumpkins, soft folded tea towels and a jug of tall fresh rosemary.
It takes the breath away. Only two, maybe three people can fit inside at a time. And they are entirely absorbed, eyes locking on golden roast pumpkin and goats’ cheese tarts; oven-warm brioche layered with dark green cime di rapa (broccoli rabe), garlic and cheese; and chubby, flaky pastry pies filled with creamy mushroom and barley, lentil bolognese or cauliflower, potato and cheese.
Then there are slices of vanilla cake, topped with passionfruit icing and studded with whole raspberries; or little lemon curd cakes, with tubby, immensely citrusy (but not over the top) bodies with lemon icing. Or cocoa-dusted, gluten-free cheesecake brownies and strawberry rhubarb shortcakes.