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by Shiryn Ghermezian
Representatives from the Japanese and American embassies in Israel take part in a cheesecake bake-off. Photo: Screenshot.
To celebrate International Cheesecake Day on Friday, Japan’s Embassy in Israel and its American counterpart held a cheesecake bake-off judged by three children.
Kristin from the US Embassy in Jerusalem created a New York-style cheesecake, while Shion Kawai from Japan’s Embassy made a Japanese-style cheesecake.
Today is #InternationalCheesecakeDay! ?
While our finest athletes are competing in #Tokyo2020 to represent our nations, we challenged the @JapanEmb_Israel to a special cheesecake bake-off! Watch the video to find out who took home the #gold for their sweet treat! ? pic.twitter.com/85yT8gh0zW— U.S. Embassy Jerusalem (@usembassyjlm) July 30, 2021
The “professional team of judges” gave the chefs an hour and a half to bake and then tasted both cheesecakes before picking their favorite — the Japanese-style version, winning by a 2-1 margin.
