Madison Moore’s pastry case may look familiar at first glance. She makes scones, croissants and muffins. But the pastries that have helped build a following for her mobile bakery business, Mahalo Mornings, are malasadas, the light, fluffy Portuguese-style doughnuts that are a beloved staple in Hawaii.
“Sharing them with people here in the Midwest has been incredibly special because so many customers are trying them for the very first time,” Moore says.
Soon, Moore will be making a lot more of them when she opens her first brick-and-mortar storefront in Olathe…