Cakes!!!!

To my sister,

I promised you some pictures of cakes in the bakery.  The cakes here are fantastic.  Not just mere sheet cakes with miles of icing and blue or yellow roses, the cakes here have fruit, candies, and characters imbedded in the cakes.  They come in many shapes and sizes and sometimes they not only have characters on them, sometimes they ARE characters. 

 Despite the overwhelming cuteness and prettiness of the cakes, there is not a whole lot of variety in flavors.  Usually you will find just chocolate, vanilla, or tiramisu. Sometimes there is a marble cake or even a green tea or nut cake.  But these are less decorative and usually come as cake logs or cake rolls with a light cream rolled in the layers.  These are pretty good, not too sweet, but with good flavor.

The only other common flavor of cake is the cheesecake.  Nearly every pie-shaped cake is a cheese cake of some kind.  And since cheese here is an import, it is not of the best quality or taste.  Here, cheese of any kind, tends to be bland and plastic-y tasting, almost like eating glue.  There is good cream cheese here, but it is very expensive and is more of a treat than a staple.  And many cheesecakes try to be fancy and use things like gorgonzola or gouda, but the cheese is not great quality and when paired with a bland and flour-y cake batter, it leaves something to be desired.

The tiramisu cakes though, are great.  I had one for my birthday (thanks guys!) and was given the leftovers to take home.  It didn’t last long. 

But whatever your opinion on cake is, these are pretty fun to look at!  Check it out!

Those cupcakes are literal.  Cake in a cup.