Anko (sweet red bean paste) Recipe
Anko (sweet red bean paste) is the crucial ingredient for Japanese traditional confectioneries. It is a paste made with Azuki (red beans) and sugar. It is used in a lot of different forms of dessert...
View ArticleDorayaki Recipe
Dorayaki is one of the most popular Japanese confectioneries. It is Anko (sweet red bean paste) sandwiched between sweet pancakes. It is a Japanese sweet beloved by the old and young. It may be...
View ArticlePurin (Custard Pudding) Recipe
Purin is a flan-like cold custard dessert in Japan. The name “Purin” obviously comes from “pudding” (perhaps more obvious in Japanese), but it is not the same thing as the gooey pudding in the US at...
View ArticleStrawberry Shortcake Recipe
Japanese Strawberry Shortcake is a western-style layered cake with whipped cream and strawberries. It is the most popular kind of western cake in Japan for everyone. It is said the Strawberry...
View ArticleSponge Cake Recipe
Japanese sponge cake is very light and fluffy. It is a very important component for Japanese Western-style sweets. We have mainly two kinds of sweets in Japan: Japanese-style (Wagashi) and...
View ArticleCoffee Jelly Recipe
Coffee Jelly is a cold jellied dessert made throughout Japan from black coffee and gelatin. As Coffee Jelly is not too sweet, although you can adjust the sweetness however you like, and rather light,...
View ArticleChoux Cream Recipe
Choux Cream is a cream filled dessert and one of the very popular western style sweets in Japan. It is better known as a cream puff in the US, and choux a la creme in France. Japanese Choux Cream...
View ArticleZenzai (Oshiruko) Recipe
Zenzai is sweet Azuki red bean soup with baked Mochi or Dango in it. It is a traditional Japanese snack. Although you can find it all year round at Japanese sweet shops in Japan, warm Zenzai is...
View ArticleKakigori Recipe
Kakigori is shaved ice with flavored syrup. It is very popular during the hot and humid summer in Japan, and there are a lot of pop up Kakigori stores appearing in the season. Although you can get...
View ArticleMatcha Pudding Recipe
Matcha Pudding is soft custard pudding flavored with Matcha powder. Pudding is not very Japanese, but just by adding Matcha flavor, it becomes a great ending for a Japanese meal. Pudding in the US is...
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