the best sweet and savory Asian baking recipes online for home bakers by Kat Lieu and Subtle Asian Baking
welcome! 欢迎光临
Hi friends! Welcome to Modern Asian Baking, home of Dr. Kat Lieu’s innovative, fun, modern Asian baking and cooking recipes. Kat has authored three cookbooks and her recipes are perfect for home cooks, new and avid bakers, and people who appreciate vibrant flavors. Kat and a team of recipe testers have tested all these recipes here. They’re recipes Kat makes every week, so join her in celebrating Asian cuisine. The best way to find all of our great recipes is through the search above or below. For example, type in “Japanese cheesecake” or “gochujang basque cheesecake” for the recipes, or simply search an ingredient like ube, pandan, or black sesame. Happy baking, Fam!
SEARCH FOR SPECIFIC RECIPES: for example, type in “Japanese cheesecake” or “ube”
Here is Kat Lieu and her Ah Ma, paternal grandma
About Dr. Kat Lieu
Hi friends. Kat here. Growing up, I thought Asians didn’t bake. Pots and pans took up permanent residency in my childhood home’s oven. While other children frosted cupcakes, baked brownies, or used cookie cutters and sprinkles, I steamed, fried, boiled, and microwaved Asian desserts with my mother.
Of course, I eventually realized Asians did bake and own bakeries all around the world. In fact, Asian baking is a culinary world full of innovation, excitement, and adventure thanks to amazing flavors (ube, matcha, pandan, black sesame, miso, and more), special techniques, and unique textures like chiffon-airy and QQ chewy. Once you have feathery milk bread, an airy Asian cake, flakey Hong Kong egg tarts, or bouncy mochi-anything, you simply can’t go back.
“Subtle Asian Baking is no longer just a small community of bakers swapping recipes, but a movement for culinary innovation.” Jessica Wei, eater.com
Thus, the global baking community, Subtle Asian Baking (SAB) was born. Along came this website, modernasianbaking.com, and a SAB community-inspired cookbook, Modern Asian Baking at Home! My third cookbook, 108 Asian Cookies is on the way, set to launch on October 2025.
Friends, we hope you’re ready to add exciting new recipes to your repertoire and to start baking the Asian way. The best part? No passports or packing are required! So won’t you stay awhile and bake with us? Be sure to share a recipe! <3
Happy baking, friends!
xoxoxo,
Kat Lieu and the Subtle Asian Baking (SAB) Community
