Dessert-making courses are gaining popularity with Chinese wives who want to give their family treats, reports Wang Zhuoqiong.

Liu Qiuhong, 34, has her own recipe for being a popular mother. Home baking desserts and sweets such as cookies, biscuits and cheesecake has brought her closer to her daughter, friends and relatives, especially at parties or celebrations.

"I started baking because my daughter and my husband love Western desserts," said Liu, who is a housewife. "When you eat a cake baked by someone you know, you feel so loved and cared for that the cake becomes the most delicious in the world."