Wagashi Craftsman’s Baked Donuts

Donuts baked with fine techniques that have been used since the Edo period

“Wagashi Craftsman’s Baked Donuts” made by a confectioner Matsuzuki in Aichi Prefecture is a donut.  Matsuzuki is a very long-established confectionery shop founded in 1855. They make not only traditional Japanese sweets, but also sponge cakes and bouquets.

This is also subtitled “Made by a Wagashi Craftsman,” which indicates a Japanese craftman makes Western-style confections by utilizing the Japanese confectionery techniques they have studied since the Edo period.

Donuts made by baking instead of frying in deep oil. The baked surface is covered with powdered sugar.

The cake-like texture of the dough is moist inside.

It is elegantly sweet, and firmly donut-like. It looks carefully baked the doughnut dough with expanding the potential of simple ingredients.  This is a fine doughnut, never get bored with this taste. That is why it has been popular for long time.