Box of alfajores/cookies filled with dulce de leche and with powdered sugar, Christmas decorations on a table

Discover the Christmas Collection

Our Christmas desserts are here - baked for the season, ready to gift or share.

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From the Kitchen
Handcrafted desserts made with my signature manjar (dulce de leche).
A plate of handmade Peruvian alfajores filled with manjar blanco beside a cup of coffee, photographed in warm morning light.

Alfajores & Cookies

The Christmas Collection

Box of alfajores/cookies filled with dulce de leche and with powdered sugar, Christmas decorations on a table
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canela Christmas Gift Box – Alfajores | Limited Edition

canela Christmas Gift Box – Alfajores | Limited Edition
$24.00
canela Brownie Cake - Christmas Edition

canela Brownie Cake - Christmas Edition

canela Brownie Cake - Christmas Edition
$70.00
canela Christmas Sharing Box

canela Christmas Sharing Box

canela Christmas Sharing Box
$55.00
The Sweet Gathering Bundle

The Sweet Gathering Bundle

The Sweet Gathering Bundle
$70.00

Meet the Baker

Hi, I’m Silvia - the baker behind canela, bringing a few of my favourites - and a taste of my roots - to Melbourne.

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 My Story

Honest, handmade desserts - rooted in Peru, baked for Melbourne.

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Baker's Notes

A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne: Flavours That Feel Like Home

A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne: Flavours That Feel Like Home

A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne - midnight dinners, seafood lunches, and the flavours that always find their way home.This season I’m baking alfajores, manjar blanco, and other festive favourites that...
Silvia, a self-taught Peruvian baker in Melbourne, standing in her kitchen holding a jar of homemade manjar blanco/dulce de leche.

From Lima to Melbourne: How My Kitchen Became canela

A little taste of home, baked in Melbourne. From childhood afternoons in Lima’s kitchens to creating canela, this is the story of how I turned nostalgia, curiosity, and a love for real...
A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne: Flavours That Feel Like Home

A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne: Flavours That Feel Like Home

A Peruvian Christmas in Melbourne - midnight dinners, seafood lunches, and the flavours that always find their way home.This season I’m baking alfajores, manjar blanco, and other festive favourites that...