A braided, lightly sweetened and egg-enriched loaf traditional for Christmas. Nowadays these are available year-round.
vánočka
The term for traditional Japanese sweets. The term is typically reserved for high-grade, elaborate confections while the more general term for snacks (including
wagashi) is
okashi.
Wagashi tend to be made from traditional Japanese ingredients such as rice, beans,
kanten (agar-agar), kuzu, sweet potatoes, sugar and fruit. These ingredients may be steamed, boiled, kneaded or dried.
A large, crisp meringue shell designed to look like a cake, typically filled with fruit and whipped cream. The name seems to originate with 18th century meringue cookies called
Spanische Winde a German term that referred to both the cookies and morning glories. Presumably the white cookies bore some resemblance to the flowers.
Windtorte
