sweets in Germany

Sweet in Germany

 

 I’ m going to describe sweets in Germany.

Many German sweets imply the respect to nature and familiarity of Germans.  In Germany, there are many sweets made from sponge and wherever sweets are cut from, it is characteristic that a cut end is a geometric design.  For example, Baumkuchen, Schwarzwalder, Kirschtorte and so on.

Firstly, I’d like to talk about Baumkuchen.

Since annual rings are the symbols of a long life or prosperity, in Japan, Baumkuchen plays an active part in good fortune events, such as being presented as a present of a marriage ceremony. This means “Sweets of tree” in German.

Baumkuchen is said that “king of sweets”. The history is very old and it’s said that Greeks have already eaten it.

Though Baumkuchen is familiar with Japan, in Germany, since advanced technology, time and effort are needed for making, it is used for presents as "high-class sweets.

Secondly, I’m going to inform you about chocolate in Germany.

In German, the quantity of production of chocolate (730,000t), the quantity of import (216,000t),the quantity of export(275,000t), the amount of home consumption (671,000t), and these all are the second biggest amount of chocolate in the world . A per amount of consumption also is 8.2 kg in every year and goes into a higher rank along with Switzerland, Ireland. The amount of consumption of Germany is 4 times as big as that  of Japan.  

Thirdly, I‘d like to talk about Weckmann.

Weckmann is always in the bag which is distributed to children at the Martin festival.

This is often seen at the baker's shop at the time of Christmas. Where did the name of Weckmann come from? In South Germany, the white bread using wheat was called Wecken. Weckmann means Wecken and Man. That is, it meant the bread baked by the form of people.

 Weckmann is the bread eaten at the time of the festival of Christianity, and the doll of this bread expresses the bishop.
 

Speaking of the sweets eaten in Germany at the season of Christmas, "Stollen" including much dried fruit, such as a raisin is famous. This Stollen which is indispensable to Christmas of Germany is commonly began to burn around November and to cut little by little and to eat by Christmas