Beaverton baker blends Vietnamese and American cultures to create artistic cakes

Beaverton baker blends Vietnamese and American cultures to create artistic cakes

Vietnamese American pastry chef Helen Hồng Nguyễn uses her skills to create intricate desserts that highlight her Asian heritage.On a sunny Friday afternoon, Helen Hồng Nguyễn showed up at Ki Coffee & Brunch in Beaverton, Ore., but Nguyễn didn’t go in as a customer. Instead, she set up a table to sell freshly-made cakes and cookies as part of a pop-up event for her business, “The Cake Batch.”“Food to me is just basic necessities, but it also mea…