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We turn our home into one of Japan’s favorite cafes with at-home chocolate croissant baking kit

• Dale Roll
  Jan 13, 2023
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Delicious, fresh-baked chocolate croissants whenever we want them? Yes, please!

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• Japan
• (baking • cafes • chocolate croissants • COK • cooking • croissants • dessert • SNJO • SoraKitchen • St. Marc Cafe • sweets)

The new Bake Off Japan on Amazon Prime is everything we ever wanted (aka more Bake Off!)【Review】

• Dale Roll
  Apr 29, 2022

Bake Off Japan provides the same wholesome, endearing entertainment we know and love, with Japanese bakers, hosts, and judges!

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• Japan
• (Amazon Prime • Amazon Prime Video • Bake Off Japan • baking • cooking show • Japanese TV • reality TV • TV)

Are the new sold-out official Pokémon cookie kits worth the hype?

• Oona McGee
  Mar 11, 2022

Piplup, Pikachu — we bake you!

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• Japan
• (anime • baking • biscuits • COK • cookie kit • cookies • cute • food • Pikachu • Piplup • Pokemon • Pokemon Center • SNJO • sweets • video games)

Amazing Totoro bread reveals a different side to the Ghibli anime character【Video】

• Oona McGee
  Sep 11, 2021

Giant bread contains a giant surprise. 

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• Japan
• (anime • baking • bread • cool • crazy • cute • food • funny • Ghibli • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Studio Ghibli • Totoro • video)

Baking with bugs! We used cricket powder to bake a loaf of bread【SoraKitchen】

• Katy Kelly
  Aug 18, 2021

We try some home baking with one of the most cutting-edge sustainable proteins around.

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• Japan
• (baking • COK • cricket powder • crickets • edible insects • insects • Pasco • Shikishima • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

This delicious naan-focaccia combination is the one thing we want for dessert right now【SoraKitchen】

• Dale Roll
  Jun 11, 2021

We experiment with three different mixes to satisfy our particularly peculiar cravings!

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• Japan
• (baking • bread • COK • cooking • focaccia • naan • Saizeriya • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • tasty • yum)

We test Japanese sweets company’s claim: can one ingredient change pancakes from fluffy to chewy?

• Katy Kelly
  May 17, 2021

This tip will help you to perfect your pancakes, whichever way you prefer them!

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• Japan
• (baking • chewy • COK • cooking • experiment • fluffy • Morinaga • pancakes • SNJO • SoraKitchen • tasty)

Japanese pastry chef creates delicious cookie replicas of Yoshi’s Cookie【Photos】

• Shannon
  May 7, 2020

These let you experience the Nintendo classic on a whole new level!

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• Japan
• (baking • cookies • cooking • delicious • nintendo • pastry chef • replica • Yoshi • Yoshi's Cookie)

How to make Disney’s Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana French toast at home【SoraKitchen】

• Katie Pask
  Apr 25, 2020

Turn your kitchen into the Magic Kingdom with this recipe!

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• Japan, USA
• (baking • cooking • Disney • Disneyland • food • french toast • SNO • SoraKitchen)

Liven up your next party with cookies in the shape of giant sunflower seeds

• Master Blaster
  Apr 21, 2020

There’s never been a better time to learn how to make one.

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• Internet, Japan
• (art • baking • chocolate • cookies • recipes • silicone mold • sunflower seeds • video)

Japanese baker creates terrifyingly cute anime character breads【Videos】

• Oona McGee
  Jun 26, 2019

Slicing through Totoro, Catbus, and Pikachu is strangely satisfying.

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• Japan
• (anime • bakeries • baking • bread • Catbus • cute • food • Instagram • Kawaii • Mt. Fuji • My Neighbor Totoro • My Neighbour Totoro • Pikachu • Pokemon • Totoro)

Super-disturbing whole-roasted Pikachu pastry made by overly talented fan chef【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 3, 2018

Maximum points for accuracy to the Pokémon source material, zero points for cuteness.

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• Japan
• (anime • baking • crazy • food • funny • gross • Pikachu • Pokemon • scary • sweets • video games)

Twitter user shares her cakey creation that looks just like a plate of curry rice

• Meg Murphy
  Feb 19, 2017

Curry or cake…. Why not both?

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• Japan
• (baking • cake • curry • food • sweets • twitter)

Japanese internet browser cookies are higher quality than some of the browsers themselves 【Pics】

• Scott Wilson
  Sep 27, 2016

These handmade cookies are the perfect snack for surfing the web.

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• Internet
• (3D printer • 3D printing • baking • cookies • cool • internet)

Want something sweet to add to your drink? Make some Rilakkuma cup-hanging cookies!【Video】

• Scott Wilson
  Mar 17, 2016

Watch the step-by-step process of how to cook these cute, completely edible cup accessories yourself.

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• Food & Drink, Korea
• (baking • cookies • cooking • cute • cute sweets • DIY • how to • Kawaii • Rilakkuma)

Incredible edible Nintendo desserts are the most delicious kind of fanart

• Cara Clegg
  Jan 28, 2016

Check out these home-made gaming-themed treats and get some inspiration for your own baked goods!

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• Japan
• (baking • cakes • cookies • desserts • Kirby • Legend of Zelda • nintendo • sweets • video games)

Yuki teaches us how to make our very own Domo-kun Christmas pudding!【Recipe】

• ロケットニュース24
  Dec 6, 2015

Why have a boring old round Christmas pudding when you could have a delicious fruit-cake version of Japan’s national broadcaster’s mascot on your table?

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• Japan
• (baking • Christmas pudding • cooking • cute • Domo-kun • Japanese • NHK • recipe • Yuki • Yukitchen)

Solid gold Millennium Puzzle too expensive? How about a cookie version instead?!

• Cara Clegg
  Nov 27, 2015

That solid gold Millennium Puzzle may not be for sale, but fans of the popular card game anime franchise Yu-Gi-Oh! will probably enjoy this one more in the long-run—after all, it’s edible!

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• Japan
• (anime • baking • cookies • Millennium Puzzle • Yu-Gi-Oh! • Yugioh)

We made bread out of ice cream and it’s delicious! Super simple 3 ingredient recipe

• Joan Coello
  Nov 2, 2015

Some say that baking is therapeutic, but for first-time bakers, making something as basic as plain bread can be a bit of a challenge, even with a recipe. Let’s also not forget the tabletop full of flour you’ll have to clean up after kneading the dough.

But our Japanese reporter Meg recently experimented with a super-simple recipe to make some quick yet yummy ice cream bread. No kneading required, and no messy flour-covered surfaces (well, unless you get clumsy in the kitchen)! Get the recipe after the break!

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• Internet
• (baking • bread • cooking • ice cream • recipe • sweets)

Kawaii kitchenware alert! Create cute kitty cookies with this awesome rolling-pin!

• Evie Nyan
  Apr 14, 2015

Recently we’ve been going crazy over kitty kitchen cookware, like the adorable kitty knife we featured a little while back. But our quest for kittycat-themed culinary goods is still ongoing, and this amazing kitty rolling-pin by Etsy seller Mood For Wood has got us seriously craving some freshly baked cookies, pronto!

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• Europe, Global, Internet, Japan
• (baking • cat • cats • cookies • cooking • goods • Kawaii • kitchenware • Kitty)

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