THE SWEETEST THING PATISSERIE

For eating all the cake

Had Keith Alcock, a British-born IT technician, never gone to Zambia as a Y2K co-ordinator, he might never have met his future wife, Doreen, and Simon’s Town would never have had its own beloved patisserie. Doreen, who qualified at Zevenwacht Culinary School, makes a daily selection of around 25 classic sweet treats, including crunchy-creamy hazelnutbuttercream Japonaise, caramelmousse-filled pine-nut sponge and lemon-raspberry tarts. On the savoury side, her all-butter puff pastry lamb pies sell out almost as soon as they hit the shelf. 82 St George’s St, Simon’s Town; tel: 021 786 4200; @sweetesthe

“We don’t do shortcuts. We only use butter and we make everything from scratch”