Bûche de Noël
¥6,490
A Christmas classic made vegan by the Hyatt Centric Ginza Tokyo, this Bûche de Noël is the perfect dessert to finish your holiday festivities on a high note. This traditional French pastry consists of a medley of hazelnut chocolate paste, soy milk cream, vegan chocolate and ganache. Organic vanilla from Madagascar is added to the dough and layered with vegan tiramisu. Reservations are open until Dec. 14 through the website. Phone reservations are not accepted.
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Marbled Mousse Strawberry Shortcake
¥5,940
Sandwiched between a fluffy rice flour sponge is a delicious strawberry and vanilla marbled mousse. Topped with ripe strawberries and smooth soy milk whip, this cake adds the perfect unique swirl to the classic Christmas shortcake. This cake has sold out from two of their three stores so you'll need to get in quick! Reserve via their website before they sell out!
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Chocolate Christmas Cake
¥3,500
Known for their delicious rainbow cakes, Shochikuen, an all-vegan gluten-free cafe, has a limited-time chocolate Christmas cake this holiday season. Enjoy the elegant mix of cranberries and chocolate along with a sponge made of domestically produced brown rice flour and soy milk whip. Shochikuen also has a classic strawberry shortcake available for Christmas as well. Reserve via their website before they sell out!
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Vegan Shortcake
¥5,900
For a more traditional take on Christmas cake, try the Tokyo Marriott Hotel Vegan Shortcake. It's the perfect blend of soy milk whipped cream sandwiched between fluffy layers of sponge cake made of soy and rice flour. Reservations are open until Dec. 15 through the website and over the phone.
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Premium Plant-Based Shortcake
¥5,700
2Foods is a plant-based snack company from Japan with the goal of spreading plant-based food culture. This Christmas, share this jelly-filled shortcake with your loved ones. Reservations are open until Dec. 15 through the website.
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Halokada's Signature Vegan Shortcake
¥6,400
This vegan shortcake lavishly uses carefully grown organic strawberries from Kayama Farm in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Enjoy the sweet and juicy strawberries with their signature spongecake and you'll be sure to have a merry day. Reservations are open until Dec. 16 through the website.
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Gateaux Nature
¥8,000
For this year's Christmas cake lineup, The Prince Park Tower Tokyo presents a lighter, soy product-based alternative. With alternating layers of soy milk cream and a banana-flavored spongecake, the cake is topped off with cinnamon sticks and dried oranges. Reservations are open until Dec. 19 by telephone.
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Vegan Mont Blanc
¥6,000
Among the various Christmas cakes available at The Conrad Tokyo, the Vegan Mont Blanc cake stands in a league of its own. Made with a combination of maple and beet sugar, organic flour and layers of vegan milk chocolate chantilly cream and chestnut cream this Christmas cake is one to remember. Reservations are open until Dec. 22 through the official hotel website. Phone reservations are not accepted.
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Christmas Opera Cake
¥4,680
This vegan version of the French opera cake takes a chocolate gluten-free sponge, soaks it with organic coffee syrup, then whips it all together with organic chocolate cream and coffee buttercream. If you like tiramisu, make this your Christmas cake and you'll have no regrets! Reserve via their website before they sell out!
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Sparkling Night
¥4,300
This colorful raw chocolate cake is colored naturally with dragon fruit, beets and lina blue. Raspberry grains are sandwiched between rich chocolate cream and although decadent, the cake is overall quite refreshing to eat. Reserve via their website before they sell out!
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