About the author
Natalie Paull has been baking and loving all things
sweet for more than twenty-five years. She started
cooking in professional kitchens at eighteen and
spent her formative years working with Australian
food luminaries Maggie Beer and Stephanie
Alexander. Nat opened the blink-and-you’ll-miss- it
cult cafe and bakery Beatrix Bakes in inner-city
Melbourne in 2011 to widespread acclaim. Before
Beatrix closed its doors in August 2022, fans lined
up in the rain in their hundreds to secure a taste of
the day’s ever-colourful – and delicious – offerings.

In following her heart and baking the cakes she
loves to eat, Nat has established a reputation for
melding the traditional pillars of cake baking with
her distinct brand of irreverent innovation. Also,
Nat eats a lot of cake. Every day.