In Japan they eat Christmas cake. Personally I found this tradition about the easiest to adjust to. I thought it was slightly different for about a whole second and now every year I try to bake my own. It is easy to get inspired by the various cake catalogs found in department stores, bakeries, and convenience stores. Almost always there is a French log cake and of course a sponge cake with strawberries but this year I found a Pikachu cake.
Wow! This isn't some sheet cake with some decorations. It's his head! Nothing says Christmas like Pikachu's head on a platter. Did I mention the inside is Japanese style pudding surrounded by cream? For 3,500 yen it's yours to take home and assemble with your parents.
Wow! This isn't some sheet cake with some decorations. It's his head! Nothing says Christmas like Pikachu's head on a platter. Did I mention the inside is Japanese style pudding surrounded by cream? For 3,500 yen it's yours to take home and assemble with your parents.
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It's incredible how traditions are different in every culture.
Here, we always have the traditional fruitcake.
I forgot about fruitcake!I think in the U.S. each family has their own traditions as well. It's possible some people have cake. My impression is that in Japan there is a huge focus on the Christmas cake whereas in the States we have a huge holiday season of cookies, pies, gingerbread houses, parties, and dinners. I have to say there certainly seems to be enough Christmas spirit considering most people are not Christian. I realize it is mostly commercial but I don't care.
Yes, it is mostly commercial. Here is a tradition to have turkey and ham with rice & guandú (a panamanian bean), potato salad and sweet ripe plantain.
I might have missed this, but are you intending to attempt to make said cake?
Ha-ha, no Pikachu cakes here. Maybe if I was seven and could stomach cream with pudding. I will probably make a favorite devil's food cake instead.
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