The Palace Hotel Tokyo's pastry shop, Sweets & Deli, is offering a colorful and joyful selection of Christmas cakes and stollen in various flavors, as well as Christmas hampers.
Reservations for seven varieties of cake, including bonhomme de neige (snowman in French), are accepted until three days before the pickup dates which are between Dec. 19 and 25. Bonhomme de neige is a glossy red cake with mousse made of strawberry balsamic jelly and white chocolate (limited to 130 cakes, at ¥6,800 each).
In addition to traditional German Christmas breads, three unique kinds of stollen, covered with powdered sugar and heavy with dried fruits, are offered from Dec. 1 to 25.