Although using carrots in baking may seem odd, Alan Davidson in «The Oxford Companion to Food» tells us that carrots were used in
European sweet cakes since the Middle Ages when other sweeteners were hard to find or just too expensive.
Chocolate lovers in Japan can enjoy a multitude of flavors, including strawberry, purple
sweet potato, pear, edamame, bean
cake, cinnamon cookie,
European cheese, matcha - green tea, and exotic sakura.