Dessert Workshop Yeon
디저트공방 연
About
Baking studio and dessert shop in Gangdong specializing in handmade pastry gift boxes and baking classes.
Tucked inside the Blue Tower along Cheonho-daero in Gangdong-gu, Dessert Workshop Yeon operates as a boutique baking studio and confectionery atelier. Operating as an Angel Workshop, the space divides its focus between hands-on community baking sessions and meticulously packed dessert boxes tailored for seminars, university symposiums, and celebratory gifts. The heart of the workshop lies in traditional European-style baked treats, balanced by creative novelty sweets. Its signature financier features a browned hazelnut-butter profile, baked with careful temperature precision to produce its plump, domed center. These alongside plump madeleines—including scallop-shaped pastries flavored with naturally sweet sweet pumpkin, and playful bear-shaped milk madeleines—form the foundation of the workshop’s small-batch pastry repertoire. For holidays and gratitude gifts, the kitchen crafts carnelian-shaped sangtu-gwaja (traditional white-bean-paste cookies) with creamy fillings reminiscent of tender custard. Dessert Workshop Yeon also functions as a customized catering kitchen, assembling clear-topped refreshment assortments for academic institutions like Chung-Ang University Graduate School. Larger catering packages bundle savory fare—such as egg-mayo croissants and ham-and-cheese croissant sandwiches—with cups of fresh seasonal fruit, Don Simón orange juice, and a spectrum of baked goods: crumbly egg tarts, tender walnut pies, chewy American cookies, and melt-in-your-mouth butter biscuits. Beyond packaged sets delivered via quick service or studio pickup, the space welcomes adults into the kitchen for focused baking classes. Guests spend close to two hours mastering the intricacies of financier batter, resting times, and topping variations, departing with boxes of warm, freshly baked cakes. Unfussy and entirely production-oriented, Dessert Workshop Yeon channels the charm of a neighborhood craft atelier where the scent of browning New Zealand butter greets anyone stepping through the door.
Menu
- Financier
- Madeleine
- Dessert Snack Box
Local tips
- Order custom dessert and catering snack boxes via their Naver Smart Store.
- Baking classes such as financier making can be reserved in advance.
- Direct in-person pickup, delivery courier, or quick motorcycle delivery are available for orders.
Details
Opening hours
- Sunday
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- Monday
- 10:00–18:00
- Tuesday
- 10:00–18:00
- Wednesday
- 10:00–18:00
- Thursday
- 10:00–18:00
- Friday
- 10:00–18:00
- Saturday
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