15 AAPI Women-Owned Food Brands You Need on Your Shopping List

Having spent her childhood making cookies and cupcakes, Indian entrepreneur Shelley Gupta set out to create a subscription service that would bring more diversity to the baking world. She eventually cofounded BāKIT Box with her best friend and business-school classmate Carla Medina Jacobson. Subscribers to BāKIT Box receive a monthly baking kit filled with labeled, premeasured ingredients and step-by-step instructions to make baked goods like Gulab Jamun and Matcha Mochi Cake.

Get a taste of Persia with this rich and fragrant BāKIT Box Persian Love Cake ($28), flavored with lemon, rose water, cardamom, and pistachios. Everything you need to make and decorate it comes in a beginner-level baking kit. It should also be noted that baking kits like this one can be bought individually without a subscription.