A while ago, my mother sent me a newspaper clipping about Japan and its love for Baumkuchen, a German cake specialty that is rather time-consuming to make. It turns out that the Japanese discovered baumukuuhen, as they call it, as early as in 1919, when a German pastry chef baked it in a Japanese prison camp. Today, according to the article, baumukuuhen is omnipresent in Japan, whereas it can only be found in a handful of bakeries in Germany. There are even shops specializing in baumukuuhen, and it comes in a variety of different flavors (e.g. green tea or pumpkin.)
Click here for the newspaper article about the phenomenon (in German.)
The image is from http://www.kitakaro.com/item_detail/24. A big thank you to Stefano Suigo for finding it for me!
Click here for the newspaper article about the phenomenon (in German.)
The image is from http://www.kitakaro.com/item_detail/24. A big thank you to Stefano Suigo for finding it for me!
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