Layla

Layla is the current Baker of Confection, appearing in Beneath the Sugar Sky.

Appearance
Layla is short and round with dark skin and a blue hijab.

Personality
To be added.

Before the Books
Layla lived in Brooklyn, New York before being called to Confection, being raised in an Islamic family. She wasn't as religious as them, but wore the hijab to keep her hair out of her face while baking. Eventually, her door called to her, and she entered Confection and became the Baker while Onishi Rini was still a young child.

Beneath the Sugar Sky
Rini brings her group of travelers to the Baker, with hopes that she can bring back Sumi's nonsense. Layla welcomes them, but says that she's not sure she can bring back the Nonsense. After Cora and Kade deduce that she is a traveler, they tell her to go to Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children should she return, and she says that she'll remain forever in Confection. She is convinced to try and help Sumi. She takes the skeleton and bakes around it with candy, before setting it to bake.

As Sumi's new body bakes, she sits with the travelers on a broken gingerbread wall and discusses her past. She also reveals that Earth's timeline is faster than Confection's, meaning that Sumi will have to return to Eleanor's with the travelers. She also asks that they not find her in their world, so that her future isn't changed.

They return and take out Sumi's body, which is complete but unconscious. Rini manages to awake her by telling her to stories of her quest, and Layla bakes them a door to return home with, before sending Rini home.

Trivia

 * "Layla" is an Arabic name meaning "Night".