The bake to buy: Picture-perfect pandan princess cake, a riff on the Swedish sponge. This lofty warehouse bakery by coffee roaster Seven Seeds is a reprieve from the busy industrial street it sits on.

Cheryl Day is a baker and bestselling cookbook author who owns Back in the Day Bakery. Cheryl also co-founded Southern Restaurants for Racial Justice. She's a James Beard Award semifinalist for ...