Christmas cake they are handled properly. In Germany, Stollen, a traditional German fruitcake, is popular. During the Christmas season, it's also called "Weihnachtsstollen" or "Christstollen". In Italy, Panettone, a sweet sourdough bread with a distinct cupola shape, is traditionally eaten at Christmas. It contains raisins and candied citrus fruit and is prepared meticulously over several days. Pandoro is a typically a Veronese product. Is traditionally shaped like a frustum with an eight-pointed star section. In France and in Lebanon, a Bûche de Noël (Yule Log cake) is the traditional Christmas cake. In Cyprus, it is served on Christmas Day. It is the
Nian gao glutinous rice cake eaten primarily for the Japanese New Year. In Korea, "tteok" is a similar rice cake eaten in the country. Varieties are made with glutinous rice are called "chapssal-tteok" (glutinous rice "tteok"). "Tteokguk", a soup dish which uses the "garae-tteok" similar to the Shanghai variety of "niángāo", is traditionally eaten during the Korean New Year. Nian gao Nian gao (also niangao; nin gou in Cantonese), sometimes translated as year cake or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice and consumed in Chinese cuisine. While it can be eaten all year round, traditionally it is