Japanese Desserts, Japanese Cakes, Recipes, And Japanese Sweets

Japanese cakes are known for being healthy, perfect for anyone with Gluten intolerance (made from rice flour) and not too sugary.

Check out these cute Japanese Sweets. Almost too beautiful to eat!

Easy Japanese Dessert Making: Japanese Cakes Recipes & Photos

It's made out of rice flour.

The traditional way of making Mochi was pounding the rice by hand which was obviously a pain...
Luckily, today there's rice flour in every health store, so making a Japanese Cake Recipe is something you can do at home.

The Best thing about Japanese Sweets is that there's no baking in the oven. The only part where you need some heat is cooking the rice flour on the stove.

This makes it a very relaxing activity, perfect for doing with the kids.

The other thing I enjoy about Japanese desserts recipes is that there are no greasy dishes to clean.

The Japanese sweets recipes seem to include zero fat, no additional fat is added to the mix of rice flour/black beans/green tea etc.

That's what makes the Japanese such a lean nation.

I can tell you that this no-added fat is a rule of the Japanese Diet, and
when I first arrived in Japan I dropped 10 pounds without falling in love or being on a diet.

Japanese cake recipes are easy to prepare as explained here by "Japan's Martha Stewart", called so because of her bestselling cookbooks, her lifestyle magazine and line of kitchenware. Japanese cookbook from the Cooking expert and lifestyle guru Harumi.

Wagashi is another cute Japanese sweet, and delicious too.
There's a "competition" going on between Japanese Sweets shops as to how far they can go with creativity, changing the the colors and shapes of the Wagashi to reflect the change of the season.

Tokyo in October / November - Wagashi in the colors of red and golden Autumn and in the shape of maple leaves.

Tokyo in March / April - Wagashi in the colors of pink Cherry Blossom and in the shapes of cherry blossom flowers.

Take a look at these cherry blossom cake photos. Aren't they just too cute to eat?



Making Japanese cakes for Sakura (Cherry Blossom Festival) is a big thing here in Tokyo during April.
Here's a photo of a Cherry Blossom Cake.

Japanese kids are really lucky. Japanese moms tend to put a big effort into making their Bento lunch-boxes so cute the kids can't help themselves but eat the 'Hello Kitty' shaped carrot, or the heart shaped omelet.

This goes for desserts and sweets too - just look at these irresistible Japanese sweets for kids!

There's more photos of cute Japanese Candy Sweets right here. Enjoy!

Daifuku with Green Tea / Matcha.
A great way to include Green Tea products in your diet.
For making Japanese dessert recipes I use Green tea products of a slightly lower quality because the Top Quality green tea is expensive.

Green Tea has even been found to help weight loss. So, I guess its worth giving it a try.

Taiyaki is a fish shaped Japanese cookie. The crust is crispy waffle and the filling is a red been paste.

I like Japanese dessert recipes because its a guilt-free way to enjoy something sweet.

The easy way to go about it is with "Japan's Martha Stewart"-Harumi that has Japanese desserts Recipes.

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