AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE BEST BAKED GOODS

SWEET ENVY PECAN STICKY BUN

With a brown-sugar crunch and sticky caramel plus a frangipane with amaretto filling, these pecan treats bring all the joy a bun can bring. Sweet Envy, 341 Elizabeth St, North Hobart, Tas, sweetenvy.com

BERKELO FINGER BUN

The school-canteen version has nothing on Berkelo’s finger bun. Juiced up with grapes, figs, date and apple, maple-and-raspberry yoghurt cream, and topped with toasted coconut flakes, it’s a party. Berkelo, 8 William St, Brookvale, NSW, berkelo.com.au

TIVOLI ROAD GALETTE

Move fast. Eager customers often purchase the whole galette before others can order a slice. Blood plum one week, lemon myrtle, strawberry gum and poached pear the next. Tivoli Road Bakery, 3 Tivoli Rd, South Yarra, Vic, tivoliroad.com.au

THE LOST LOAF CUSTARD CROISSANT

Emma Shearer first made these from Danish dough off-cuts. Full of crème pâtissière and sprinkled with sugar, they’ve become one of her biggest hits. The Lost Loaf, Plant 4 Bowden Market, Adelaide, SA, facebook.com/thelostloaf

CHU BAKERY SALTED CARAMEL DOUGHNUT

Chu Bakery dreams up some wild and wonderful concoctions (passionfruit-chilli doughnuts and matcha choux puffs among them). But when a simple doughnut is this good, it pays to play it straight. Chu Bakery, 498 William St, Highgate, WA