With my signature passionfruit and mango caramel sauce

As French patisseries dawned on the Saudi bakery scene in the late 1980s, a lot of fresh cream cakes with the lightest genoise sponges imaginable started to appear in their displays. Of course, I was bound to fall in love with them. It was an Alice in Wonderland situation, where I kept on exploring one category after another and wanted to have a lifetime’s supply of this glorious sunshine on a plate.

They were a pretty sight and I had my favourite flavour combo: pineapple, pa