Miette is San Francisco's answer to the Magnolia Bakery in New York or London's Hummingbird Bakeries. Except Miette doesn't stop at delicious fluffy cupcakes. The renowned pastry shop creates beautiful layer cakes, bakes and mouthwatering delicate pastries and tempts sweet-toothed customers with tall jars brimming with homemade multi-coloured candies. Just like its home city, Miette is all-American but with an obvious European influence.
Buy Miette: Recipes from San Francisco's Most Charming Pastry Shop (Abrams and Chronicle Books, £17.99)