Saturday, January 28, 2023

Japanese sweets

 


Starting from the top, moving clock-wise:

  • Nyuka - baked cake with milk flavored moderately sweet white bean paste filling.
  • Kuriman - baked cake with chestnut flavored sweet white bean paste filling, embedded with small chunks of crushed chestnuts.
  • Kurikasutera - castella (sponge cake) with chestnut flavored sweet white bean paste filling, embedded with small chunks of crushed chestnuts.
  • Momoyama - baked cake with sweet red bean paste filling wrapped with white bean paste.
  • Momiji - castella with red bean paste filling embedded with small bits of red beans.


Sunday, January 22, 2023

red candies

 

red wrapper candies


Just thought the wrappers were interesting and funny.  There's a kid with a huge head holding a giant cherry.