What is a cinnamon roll character?
Cinnamon rolls are basically referred to those characters described as "Too pure for the world." , meaning, characters with cute, fluffy, caring, kind and beyond innocent, saint-like personality, that makes you go "AWWWWWW" or wanting to protect the character.
What makes a good cinnamon roll hero?
Romance heroes often get pegged as the strong and silent type, or brooding and overprotective, but we love a good cinnamon roll hero! Cinnamon rolls heroes are kind, supportive, and unfailingly sweet, with lots of layers. They're almost too good for this world...kind of like the cinnamon rolls they're named after.
Where did the cinnamon roll come from?
In Sweden, the country of its presumed origin, the cinnamon roll takes the name of kanelbulle (literally: “cinnamon bun”), and October 4 has more recently started to be promoted as “kanelbullens dag” (Cinnamon Roll Day). Cinnamon rolls in Sweden are not as sweet and heavy as they are in the United States.
What is the size of a cinnamon roll?
The size of a cinnamon roll varies from place to place, but many vendors supply a smaller size about 5 centimeters (2.0 in) in diameter and a larger size about 10 cm (3.9 in) to a side.
Story
One day, while the owner of Café Cinnamon was admiring the sky, a tiny white puppy came floating by, looking just like a small, fluffy cloud. She thought, "Maybe he caught a whiff of the cinnamon rolls and came to check them out." The owner of the café was correct.
Characters
Cinnamon (born March 6) is a male white and chubby puppy with long ears that enables him to fly. He has blue eyes, pink cheeks and a plump and curly tail that resembles a cinnamon roll. The owner of Cafe Cinnamon, a little cafe, looked up and saw a white puppy floating out of the sky like a fluffy cloud.
Rename
When he was first created by Sanrio in 2001, he was called Baby Cinnamon. A year later he was "renamed" Cinnamoroll, to remedy any problems with the registration of the mark overseas, however he is now called in both ways, but also more simply Cinnamon.
Media
A movie based on the character titled Cinnamon The Movie (シナモン The Movie, Shinamon THE MOVIE) was produced by Madhouse Studios and was released in Japan on December 22, 2007. The film was double-billed alongside another Madhouse animated film Nezumi Monogatari - George to Gerald no Bōken.
Reception
Cinnamoroll is the second most popular Sanrio character franchise next to Hello Kitty, somehow not what Sanrio had expected in such a short time. The popularity of Cinnamoroll and minor characters kicked off in 2005 to a " spinoff " called The Cinnamoangels which features Cinnamoroll's friend Mocha, Chiffon and Azuki.
Further reading
Bentham, Rachel (March 7, 2012). "Fluffy Fluffy Cinnamoroll Volume 1". Active Anime.
Pastry
A cinnamon roll consists of a rolled sheet of yeast-leavened dough onto which a cinnamon and sugar mixture (and raisins or other ingredients in some cases) is sprinkled over a thin coat of butter. The dough is then rolled, cut into individual portions, and baked or deep fried.
Origins
Roman spice traders introduced the Sri Lankan cinnamon spice to Europe.
National variations
The Swedish Butterkaka and Finnish bostonkakku ("Boston cake") is a cake made by baking cinnamon rolls in a round cake pan instead of baking them separately, so that they stick together to form a large, round cake.
Cinnamon roll traditions
In Sweden and Finland, cinnamon rolls are traditionally enjoyed during a coffee break, or fika, which is a get-together with friends. National Cinnamon Bun Day ( Kanelbullens dag) is observed on October 4th in Sweden and Finland.
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