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Japanese style Christmas cakes in a display case at a Nijiya Market (San Diego, 2017) In Japan, Christmas cake is traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve. The cake is simply a sponge cake, frosted with whipped cream, often decorated with strawberries, and usually topped with Christmas chocolates or other seasonal fruits, and a Santa Claus decoration.
To suit the tastes of Japanese people, mizuame syrup was added to the sponge cake to make it more moist, and zarame (coarse sugar) was added to the bottom to give it a coarser texture. [5] Castella is usually baked in square or rectangular molds, then cut and sold in long boxes, with the cake inside being approximately 27 cm (11 in) long.
Fujiya Co. Ltd. (株式会社不二家, Kabushiki Gaisha Fujiya) (TYO: 2211) is a nationwide chain of confectionery stores and restaurants in Japan. Its first shop was founded in 1910 in Yokohama. [2] Fujiya is credited with introducing the Christmas cake to Japan. [3] In 2016, the company opened its first store outside Japan in Taipei, Taiwan. [4]
Japanese Christmas cake, a white sponge cake covered with cream and decorated with strawberries, is often consumed, and Stollen cake, made locally, is widely available. A successful advertising campaign in the 1970s made eating at KFC around Christmas a national custom.
[2] [3] [4] The raindrop cake, created in 2014, was developed by a wagashi shop as a derivative of shingen mochi and is recognized as a wagashi in Japan. [5] [6] In recent years, wagashi shop have developed and marketed many confections that are an eclectic mix of wagashi and Western confections, often referred to as "neo-wagashi". [7]
A Yule log or bûche de Noël (French pronunciation: [byʃ də nɔɛl] ⓘ) is a traditional Christmas cake, often served as a dessert, especially in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Vietnam, [1] and Quebec, Canada. Variants are also served in the United States, United Kingdom, Cambodia, Scandinavia, Portugal, Spain, and Japan.
Christmas cake – the Japanese style Christmas cake is often a white cream cake, sponge cake frosted with whipped cream, topped with strawberries and with a chocolate plate that says Merry Christmas. [51] Yule Logs are also available.
A plain chestnut flour cake. Castella: Japan: A moist spongecake made with flour, sugar, eggs, and mizuame. Caterpillar cake: United Kingdom: A chocolate Swiss roll decorated to look like a caterpillar. Charlotte (cake) France: A cake prepared firstly by lining a mold with bread, sponge cake, or biscuits; this base is then filled with fruit ...