The first 50 guests to visit Baked Dessert Bar at The District at Tustin Legacy on Saturday, Aug. 13 will receive a free cupcake and a chance to purchase two new desserts exclusive to the Orange County location: the Chicken & Waffles and Maple Bacon Ube cupcakes. During the opening weekend, all patrons will receive a 20 percent discount and a complimentary mochi donut with every purchase.

Baked Dessert Bar has two southern California locations in Rancho Cucamonga and Chino Hills. This third outpost at The District at Tustin Legacy is the first Orange County shop for Abby DeClaro, Baked Dessert Bar’s owner and head baker. It joins The District’s other modern-global concepts such as Utopia European Caffe and The Yellow Chilli.

The first 50 customers who come to Baked Dessert Bar at The District at Tustin Legacy on Saturday, Aug. 13 will receive free cupcakes. (Courtesy of Baked Dessert Bar)

The dessert bar specializes in Filipino-influenced confections that honor DeClaro’s heritage. The honey lemon calamansi cake is a citrusy gateway to southeast Asian flavors. The Turon, inspired by a fried banana dessert, consists of a browned butter banana cake (or cupcake) filled with banana jackfruit compote and topped with jackfruit cream cheese frosting and salted caramel. Other popular offerings include the coconut pandan dessert shakes, cheesecakes, macarons, and pick-you-own variations of the chilled dessert, halo-halo, which means “mix mix” in Tagalog. The shop also serves keto baked goods such as tres leches and samoa cupcakes.

Find it: Baked Dessert Bar, The District at Tustin Legacy, 2423 Park Ave. Tustin; 657-720-1670; bakeddessertbar.com