A must on a Christmas eve—that is a Christmas cake. A sponge cake with whipped cream spread decorated with strawberries, chocolate, Santa Claus and Christmas tree made by sugar is the main character of Christmas eve dinner. Recently, Christmas cakes with Japanese taste were introduced. Japanese style Christmas cakes using sponge cake made by black sugar, in which ogura cream (azuki beans mixed whipped cream) and marons are put in between, decorated with green tea cream is receiving attention as a fusion sweets of Japanese and western style. Almost all cake shops starts taking orders for Christmas cakes starting December. It is the busiest time of the year for cake shops, as you can watch patissiers making cakes all night long before Christmas day on TV news.

Japanese style “Mattya cake” on rakuten.co.jp

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