Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake

Strawberry Shortcake – Same Cake, Different Perceptions Order a slice of strawberry shortcake at a cake shop in Japan and the chances are you will be left feeling baffled. It is a cake with strawberries alright but it hasn’t got the look you would have...
Anko (sweet bean paste)

Anko (sweet bean paste)

Japanese Sweets with Beans As Japanese cuisine increases its fame all over the world, Japanese sweets are not yet known to many. Our sweets are delicate, colorful, mostly healthy, and fun to look at. As well as the rest of the world, beans along with rice and wheat...
Baumkuchen

Baumkuchen

The story of a tree cake that rooted and grown big in Japan What is Baumkuchen? Simply put, baumkuchen is a ring-shaped cake with layers that resemble tree rings. ‘Baum’ means tree and ‘Kuchen’ is cake in German, so as the name implies, its origin is said to be...