Harimanada-Monogatari

It is like a bite-sized fruits cake

I wondered if “Harimanada Monogatari” was referring to the title of Ryotaro Shiba’s historical novel. I thought so, but the package of the confectionery looks completely Western-style.

It is like a bite-sized cake. It is a baked good that is baked to a golden brown and looks like a baked cheesecake.

When you break it open, you find fruit inside, apparently apples cut into dice and jam-like. It is elaborate to have fruit inside a bite-sized cake.

The cake portion is well baked and has a standard deliciousness, somewhere between a madeleine and a cookie.

The origin of the name of the cake, “Harimanada Monogatari,” remains a bit of a mystery, but it was a lovely, carefully crafted, bite-sized cake.