dilek
I grew up in Berlin, as a child of Turkish parents which meant growing up between two worlds, two kitchens, two ideas of what food should taste like and what it should mean.
That duality never left me. I went on to study Food Science and Technology, won European Commission scholarships that took me across the UK and to New York, and spent years working with some of London's leading cake studios, learning the craft from the inside out. But what I kept coming back to was something simpler: the pleasure of making something by hand for someone you care about.
I opened dilekerei in Berlin in 2013 not just as a bakery, but as the place where both halves of my life could finally sit at the same table. The hazelnuts come from Turkey. The fruit comes from our family garden here in Berlin. The techniques come from years of training. The recipes come from memory.
This is what I bake. I hope you taste the difference.
At dilekerei, we believe that investing time in every step of our process is what makes the difference. Every cake, tart and pastry we create in our Berlin atelier is handcrafted from scratch, combining traditional techniques with thoughtful innovation to produce bespoke results you simply cannot find in mass production.
We work with the freshest ingredients possible, because we know that high quality handmade cakes begin with high quality ingredients. During summer, we cook our own jams in small batches, made from fruits we grow ourselves in our family garden in Berlin, including apples, plums and grapes, and use them throughout the year to naturally enhance the flavour of our cakes and pastries.
Our hazelnuts come directly from our grandparents' hazelnut fields in Turkey. Our pistachios, honey, dried fruits and nuts are sourced from trusted farmers we know personally. No additives. No shortcuts. Just honest, artisan baking rooted in family history, made by hand in Berlin, one cake at a time.
