One of the most popular Japanese desserts, mochi is made of short-grain japonica glutinous rice, also called mochigome, to make a rice cake that is both sweet and chewy. Other ingredients such as water, or cornstarch. After the mochigome is steamed, it has to be pounded until smooth, traditionally with a heavy wooden pestle called kine, but there are many modern methods, like a mochi maker machine.
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Daifuku: Mochi filled with a red bean (or sometimes white bean) paste. Ichigo daifuku is a strawberry variation where people add a fresh strawberry inside along with the red bean paste.
Chimaki: Mochi wrapped in bamboo leaves, eaten boiled or steamed.
Mochi Ice Cream: A more modern form of mochi, with ice cream stuffed inside of the rice cake

History:
The idea of steaming glutinous rice and turning it into a paste originally came from China, and eventually found it's way into the Japanese culture near the end of the Jōmon period ( c. 14,000–300 BC).

Japanese cheesecakes can actually be very different from traditional American or European cheesecakes. The Japanese version is a lot more light, fluffy, airy, and not as sweet. There are many flavours of this cheesecake, including chocolate, matcha, but it is mostly flavoured with lemon or yuzu, which gives it a refreshing taste.
How to make it:
A normal cheesecake is made with mainly cream cheese, sugar, eggs and butter, and also a crust made of crackers. Japanese cheesecakes actually use only cream cheese, milk and cornstarch as it's main ingredients, which makes it lighter and fluffier.
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Japanese cheesecake is usually served alone, without any toppings, so people can enjoy the delicate flavours of the cake. It is mainly eaten cold, to keep it from falling apart.

History:
The recipe of the Japanese cheesecake was created by a Japanese chef, Tomotaro Kuzuno when he was inspired by a käsekuchen/german type of cheesecake during the 1960s.

Dorayaki is a known Japanese confection which is a soft honey pancake stuffed with a delicious red bean paste. Many Japanese children love to eat dorayaki as a snack or a treat, because it is a big part of the culture.

How to make it:
Dorayaki pancake batter is very simalar to normal pancake batter, it's made with eggs, sugar, honey until smooth, flour and baking powder, and then fried on a pan. The honey pancakes are then filled with anko red bean paste.
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To make this snack even tastier, you can serve it with milk, Japanese yogurt, coffee, green tea, or a matcha latte.

History:
In 1914, a candy shop in Tokyo called "Usagiya" came up with the idea of Dorayaki, which grew in popularity. The name "dorayaki" means gong, and grilled. The gong is a reference to how the pancake is both circular and bronze-coloured appearence looks like a gong, and grilled because these treats are made on a grill.

Tiramisu is a delicious Italian dessert that is loved by many people around the world. The word "Tiramisu" in Italian literally means “pick me up” or “cheer me up” which is why this dessert is served at the end of a meal to cheer you up.
How to make it:
Traditionally, tiramisu is made from finger biscuits, egg yolks, sugar, coffee, mascarpone cheese, and a little bit of cocoa powder to top it off. Sometimes, a little bit of wine is added. To start, you have to dip the ladyfinger biscuits into the coffee, which is usually really strong to add more taste. You then have to get a container, and assemble the tiramisu with the coffee-soaked biscuits and then a layer of custard cream, and the layers keep going until the top of the container. To finish, a sprinkle of cocoa powder is added on top.
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Tiramisa is served best when cold, and at the end of a meal. What makes this dessert even better is when it is paired with a cup of coffee, which will definitely cheer you up.

History:
According to the BBC, tiramisu was made when chef Roberto Linguanotto unintentionally dropped some mascarpone into a bowl of eggs and sugar. He thought it tasted good, so he told another chef, Alba Campeol and together, they added coffee soaked ladyfingers to create the first tiramisu, which was first offered on the menu of the restaurant in 1972.

Cannoli is a popular Italian fried pastry in the shape of a tube. This tube is stuff with a cheesy cream that is both light and fluffy. The word "Cannoli" in Italain is actually the plural of cannolo, which means "little tube"

How to make it:
The flakey pastry is made with normal baking ingredients, like flour, sugar, eggs, and butter. Sometimes marsala, which is a wine, is added to add extra flavour. The cream that is stuffed inside is made with ricotta cheese, or sometimes mascarpone, and sugar, and then dusted with some icing sugar.
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The cream inside the pastry can be customised to your liking. Chocolate chips, pistachios and candied fruits are all examples of things you can add to the cream to give it a burst of flavour. You can also dip the cannoli in melted chocolate. 

History:
When sugar was introduced to Sicily, which is a region in Italy, around 827 and 1091, this was the start of the path for many new desserts, including the cannoli. Many people believe that this dessert was made by a woman.

Pizzelles are kind of like a thin and crispy waffle cookie, that can be enjoyed in many different flavours. The slight vanilla flavour makes this a very addicting snack, and once you eat one, you can't stop!

How to make it:
Flour, eggs, sugar, butter or vegetable oil are all ingredients used to make this sweet treat. After you finish making the batter, a pizzelle waffle maker is needed. When it's ready, you can leave it as it is, or you could mold the cookie into another shape, for example, the shape of a cannoli.
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These waffle-cookies come in a lot of different flavours. Usually

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