The oldest Christmas cake is a fruitcake that was baked in 1878 and is now 147 years old.
The fruit cake baked in 1878 is still in existence and was baked by Fidelia Ford in Tecumseh, Michigan and was intended to be aged for a year before she served it.
However Fidelia passed away before she could cut into it and so her family has preserved it as a heirloom ever since.
There's also an even older cake that is 4,176 years old from Egypt but the Ford fruitcake is the oldest fruitcake that is still kept and treated as a special item by her family today.
A Japanese Christmas cake is a type of sponge cake that is often a strawberry shortcake and is popular in Japan during the Christmas season.
Japanese Christmas cakes are often decorated with some whipped cream and also fresh strawberries.
Sometimes additional decorations such as Santa figurines or chocolate are also used on the Japanese Christmas cakes.
The Japanese Christmas cake is a symbol of prosperity and commercialism, most particularly associated with Japan's post World War II recovery and the increased availability of both home refrigerators and Christmas celebrations.
Japanese Christmas cakes are often a round, layered sponge cake, which is also filled with whipped cream and decorated with strawberries.
The Japanese Christmas cake is often covered in whipped cream and the strawberries are also arranged on the top.
Japanese Christmas cakes are deeply ingrained in Japanese Christmas traditions and is also seen as a symbol of prosperity and a treat that is associated with the festive season and it has become a significant part of the Christmas commercial landscape in Japan, with many families purchasing or even making their own Japanese Christmas cakes.