I Recreated Pastries From NYC’s Best Bakeries (Blind Taste Test)

I hid my homemade pastries among some of NYC’s best bakeries and put them to the test in a blind taste test. For the challenge, I recreated pastries inspired by Levain Bakery, Smør Bakery (Smor Bakery), and La Cabra, then had my friends guess which were bakery-made and which were baked by me at home. As I relaunch my home bakery in NYC, I’m teaching myself how to make more yeasted pastries for my menu — from chocolate chip brioche, to Swedish cinnamon buns, to laminated pastry dough for a squash and stracciatella danish. In this video, I taste the originals, recreate each one at home, share what I learned along the way, and then put my bakes side by side with the bakery versions in a blind taste test. The pastries I recreated in this video: • Levain Bakery - chocolate chip brioche • Smør Bakery / Smor Bakery - Swedish cinnamon bun • La Cabra - squash and stracciatella danish Which round do you think you would’ve gotten right? And which pastry should I try recreating next? Subscribe for more baking experiments, pastry making, home bakery relaunch content, and behind-the-scenes of building my dream bakery in NYC. Stay inspired ✨ ~Erica ----------------------------------------- 🙌 Free Home Bakery Launch Roadmap (8-Week Plan) → Download here: https://stan.store/atoricafe Want to order? Subscribe to my Hotplate! https://www.hotplate.com/atoricafe Events and new launches will be announced on Instagram:   / atoricafe   For business inquiries: [email protected] ✨ Products I use for my home bakery and my filming setup: https://www.amazon.com/shop/atoricafe I use affiliate links to recommend products I love. If you purchase through them, I might earn a commission at no extra charge to you. Thanks for helping me keep this channel going! ----------------------------------------- ⟡ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:15 The challenge 00:33 Round 1: Levain Bakery-inspired chocolate chip brioche 02:26 Round 1: Blind taste test 05:49 Round 2: Smør Bakery-inspired Swedish cinnamon bun 07:50 Round 2: Blind taste test 10:49 Round 3: La Cabra-inspired squash and stracciatella danish 15:08 Round 3: Blind taste test 17:58 Final results ⟡ ABOUT THIS VIDEO This is a blind taste test where my friends compare homemade pastries vs pastries from top NYC bakeries without knowing which is which. If you love NYC bakeries, pastry reviews, aesthetic baking, home bakery content, croissants, danishes, brioche, cinnamon buns, and baking challenges, this video is for you. #blindtastetest #nycbakery #homebakery #baking #pastry #brioche #cinnamonbun #danish #levainbakery #lacabra