Baumkuchen
Baumkuchen is German. In Chinese, it means “the cake of rings.” A lot of Japanese people buy Baumkuchen cake as a gift, because they thought that the rings on the cake are similar to the rings on the tree. Thus they gave Baumkuchen cake the meaning of longevous and prosperous. Some Japanese people would have Baumkuchen as their wedding cake as well.
Usually a Baumkuchen cake is height 35 cm, and the diameter is 11 cm.
Recommended stores:
1) Kitakaro
Kitakaro store is really popular in desserts, Baumkuchen cake is one of them. They have a lot of chains throughout Japan.
They have a special name for the Baumkuchen cake. If translated it to English is “The spirit of the tree.”
Most of their stores are located in Hokkaido. The chain in Otaru city is a famous store that a lot of foreign visitors go there.
2) Villon
The characteristic of Villon’s Baumkuchens are baked in a vase. Thus different Baumkuchen cakes would have the special shape. To bake these kinds of Baumkuchen cakes are really difficult. It has to bake it one layer by one layer, and keep rotating it. Because of the special shape of the Baumkuchen cakes, Villon is one of the popular stores that sell Baumkuchen cakes in Japan.
It is the Baumkuchen cake which has the jelly of the raspberry inside, it contains that sweet taste of the cake and the sour taste of the raspberry jelly.
It is the shape of pear, and the Baumkuchen cake has the jelly of pear inside.
It is the shape of pear, and the Baumkuchen cake has the jelly of apple inside.
This is their oldest and original taste of Baumkuchen cake in this store.
Trio- Baumkuchen: included chocolate, coffee, and the original taste.
Green Tea Baumkuchen cake
Villon not only provides Baumuchen cakes, but also other, such as different kinds of chocolate.
Address: 2-8-4 Sakura-shin-machi, Minato-ku, Tokyo Metropolis; TEL: 03-3427-2555; Business Hours: 9:30 – 20: 30, Thursday off.
3) Juchheim
Juchheim’s Baumkuchen cakes are one of the successful candidates in the award of “The Best Tokyo gift.”
They provide 3 different sizes of Baumkuchen cakes.
Apple flavor – with cooked apple inside
Address of the main store: 1-4-13 Motomachi district, Chuo-city, Kobe
Juchheim has a lot of chains in the department stores throughout Japan, also in the airport. So if you can’t buy it when you travel around Japan, you can buy it in the airport.
4) Minamitei Baumkuchen
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