What leaves are used for cypress leaf cakes

The leaves used in kashiwa pancakes are special mistletoe leaves. Kashiwagi, also known as mistletoe leaf cake, is a Japanese food eaten on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is also celebrated in Japan. Originating mainly in the Edo period, kashiwagi is dough wrapped in mistletoe leaves and dipped in red bean paste or red bean paste, and the key to this is a soft and firm texture. Since the mistletoe leaf is a plant whose new shoots do not fall out of the old leaves, it is considered to be a symbol of the continuity of family and business.

Introduction of Kashiwa Cake

The Dragon Boat Festival in Japan is celebrated on May 5 of the Gregorian calendar, and Japanese people eat rice dumplings and kashiwa cakes for the festival. Kashiwa leaf cake shape is round or semi-circular, made of glutinous rice wrapped in a variety of fillings, and then wrapped in oak leaves, meaning that the prosperity of the children and grandchildren, is the traditional snacks of the Dragon Boat Festival in Japan. The biggest difference with other regions is that the Japanese people package dumplings is not with glutinous rice, instead of using ground rice flour, dumplings are also very different in shape, Japan is a cone-shaped dumplings.

Supermarkets are starting to sell a kind of yellow or green leaves wrapped in glutinous rice balls with filling, called Kashiwa cake, is the Japanese Dragon Boat Festival seasonal snacks. I think it's very tasty and very filling, and I used to buy it for breakfast for a while, and it's commonly available in three flavors:漉漉, granular, and white miso.