Christmas cake

11/12/2006 @ 6:00 pm

Getting ready for Christmas, Japanese style.

Christmas cakes

In Japan, Christmas cakes are the norm for the holiday season, and advanced orders are already being accepted.

By Edward Chmura, Stored in: Food, Holidays, Japan, Living in Japan, Only In Japan

8 Responses to “Christmas cake”

Bruce_A Said:

I remember a few years ago my wife and I got a Christmas cake and got KFC and had ourselves a traditional Japanese Christmas dinner. :) Wasn’t bad at all!

November 13th, 2006 at 4:17 am
Heather Meadows Said:

Bruce, that sounds nice!

Any excuse to eat cake is okay in my book ;)

November 13th, 2006 at 4:53 am
dingomick Said:

The other day I unwittingly obliterated a Japanese person’s fragile gaijin-customs-worldview when to her horror, unbelief, and dismay I revealed that “Christmas Cakes” don’t even exist in the US. And that Christmas is not a lover’s holiday. I think she took solace in the fact that everyone exchanges presents though, not just the lucky few with thoughtful lovers.

November 13th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Kudan Said:

Hehe, “obliterated a Japanese person’s fragile gaijin-customs-worldview.” I love doing that too.

Christmas cake is apparently an English thing:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/christmascake_2359.shtml

Being an American, I was inundated with “what’s American Christmas cake like?” questions too, and went through a time of telling people that it must be a Japanese thing since I’d never heard of it. But it came to Japan from England, it seems.

I guess the BBC page I linked to above proves that at least some English people are still having cake as part of the traditional Christmas meal.

November 13th, 2006 at 2:00 pm
overoften Said:

Christmas cake is apparently an English thing

Woah, woah, woah.
Yeah, Christmas cake is. But クリスマスケーキ is not something you can blame on the English. The original is a rich fruit cake, so solid it’ll last until spring. Not the air-filled sweetie-sponge abomination. Not guilty.

November 13th, 2006 at 3:39 pm
overoften Said:

Besides, Christmas pud’s where it’s really at. :grin:

November 13th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
Kudan Said:

Haha, Christmas cake is NOT the same as クリスマスケーキ! OK, I stand corrected:shock:

November 13th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Japundit » Spend Christmas with the King of Peds Said:

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November 14th, 2006 at 4:13 pm

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