Tag: <span>cake</span>

The Cakes of Japan

I saw these in a bakery in Namba and had to buy them.

Both had a nice creamy filling kind of like a profiterole in all. One had chocolate filling …


The Cakes of Japan

I forget where I saw this but, anyhow, I bought it and brought it home. It was puff pastry with a creamy chocolate filing dipped in chocolate at each end. …


The Cakes of Japan

I ate this on a recent trip to Kyoto. It was described as “green tea cream puff” (if I remember correctly). I was basically a profiterole filled with a creamy …


The Cakes of Japan

I bought these after my Mum mentioned discussing them with my nephew T. They are made out of some type of rice flour (I think) and are covered in a …


The Cakes of Japan

I picked this up at Namba station when I was caught feeling very hungry far away from home. It’s a waffle based thing that is folded over a creamy filling. …


The Cakes of Japan

Not the best photograph. This is a chocolate/cream profiterole thing that I picked up at my local Combini. Put’s my efforts to shame.


The Cakes of Japan

One of the attractions of coming back to Japan is the renewed opportunities to try some of the weird and wonderful cakes that are available. So this series has been …


Sunday Pudding

At the request of my mum I made Tiramisu (an old favourite). This will be my last Sunday pudding for a while.


Sunday Pudding

This week, after a hiatus while I was hiking, I made chocolate profiteroles. Another dessert that I would like to try again to make it better. The recipe I was …


Sunday Pudding

This week I made Lemon Polenta Cake from this Nigella recipe. I actually used Masa Harina Blanca rather then polenta. They are effectively the same thing. It turned out …