Raisin pastry

Spiralled through with sweet raisins and smooth vanilla custard, this one is softer and gentler than it looks — a quiet classic rather than a showstopper, and loved all the more for it.

It's the pastry people tend to come back to without quite planning to, the kind that fits any time of day. A small, honest pleasure, made the French way and served warm from a Makkah oven each morning.