One of the specialties of the Miyajima island is the Momiji Manju (紅葉/椛 饅頭,も み じ ま ん じ ゅ う). Indeed, this cake was born around 1906 by a confectioner near Iwaso ryokan, according to what is said. The original recipe is a cake shaped maple leaf composed of sponge cake stuffed with red bean paste, called Anko. Today many derivatives are appeared as Momiji Manju with chocolate, custard, macha green tea, cheese, chestnuts, filled with ice cream, fried , etc. On our way to the top of Mount Misen, in the last cable car station, we have made ​​a very interesting discovery, the Heart in Momiji.

The Heart in Momiji ハートインモみじ is a derivative of Momiji Manju. It's a cake in the shape of a maple leaf with the filled sponge cake and Anko heart shape. On top of the Heart in Momiji, a heart -shaped head is visible too. It is a special cake which can be only found at the 2nd floor of the station Shishi Iwa. The best of the best is that in this restaurant, you can do your Heart in Momiji yourself! This lasts between 15 and 20 minutes, there was a session every half hour between 10 am and 12 and 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. . The small pastry demonstration and tasting costs only 300 yen per person and if for a couple, it's only 500 yen for 2! So awesome!!!!!

So we arrived a little too late for the final session of the morning, but as I really wanted to have this experience, we stayed lunch at the restaurant and they were nice, the first session started earlier (1p.m. at instead 1:30p.m.). We were lucky, we were only the 2 of us to register in this first session of the afternoon. so we could take our time for photos and video. Therefore, let's do this, put your hands in the dough! The sponge cake was already prepared for us and Anko heart paste too. During this demonstration, you can make 4 Heart in Momiji per person, so we did in 8. For instruction, in fact, as all preparations are ready, there's nothing more to do than to put the cake batter into the molds, insert Anko paste and cover with sponge cake. If you do not speak Japanese, there is a super young girl who will translate in Englis for you!!! どうもありがとうございました!

For this great experience, there is a room with 4 devices like waffles devices available. The chef is an old man who speaks only Japanese but he is very understanding and explains step by step what to do. Now that you have all the information, there is more than try it!

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