🍽️ What is it?
A 120 g Taiwanese strawberry-flavoured cake is a sweet dessert / sponge cake or mochi cake originating from Taiwan (Taiwan), which combines a delicate sponge with a fruity strawberry flavour and often features a creamy filling or strawberry jelly inside. These cakes are typical of the Asian market for ready-to-eat snacks or small cakes enjoyed as light snacks or desserts.
🍓 Taste and experience
✔️ Flavour: a sweet strawberry flavour with subtle fruity and creamy notes (often a combination of strawberry and cheese/cream, or a pure strawberry filling).
✔️ Texture: soft and fluffy/sponge-like (or chewy in the case of the mochi style – sticky rice dough), depending on the type of cake.
✔️ Experience: ideal as a sweet treat, a dessert with coffee or tea, or a tasty snack for on the go.
🧾 Ingredients and allergens
⚠️ Specific ingredients vary depending on the manufacturer and type of cake.
Typical ingredients may include:
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Wheat flour or glutinous rice (for mochi)
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Sugar, eggs, vegetable oils
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Strawberry flavouring and strawberry concentrate/powder
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Cream filling (e.g. milk cream or cream cheese)
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Thickeners, colourings, flavourings
Allergens: may contain cereals containing gluten (wheat), eggs, milk and dairy products, soya and others – always check the information on the product packaging.
📊 Nutritional information (per 100 g – approximate)
(Values vary depending on the product’s recipe.)
| Item | Approximate value |
|---|---|
| Energy | ~1,500–1,750 kJ / ~350–420 kcal |
| Fat | ~6–15 g |
| – of which saturated | ~2–6 g |
| Carbohydrates | ~60–75 g |
| – of which sugars | ~25–40 g |
| Protein | ~1–5 g |
| Salt | ~0.1–0.3 g |
These values are approximate, based on standard Taiwanese strawberry cakes or mochi, and may vary depending on the brand and recipe.
🍰 Uses
✔️ A sweet snack during the day – the sweet and fruity flavour is a treat for the taste buds.
✔️ A dessert to go with coffee or tea – it adds a sweet finishing touch to a hot drink.
✔️ Snack on the go – the handy 120 g pack is ideal for a rucksack or handbag.
✔️ Sharing with friends – a small cake that can be part of a selection of sweet treats.
💡 Tip: The mochi version may be slightly chewy due to the rice dough, whilst the sponge cake is light and soft.
