baked sweets; baked confectionery
General term for baked goods such as cookies, biscuits, cakes, and pastries. Often contrasted with 生菓子 (fresh/uncooked sweets).
All the baked sweets at this shop are delicious.
I gave homemade baked goods as a present.
Western-style sweets in general, which often include 焼き菓子 but also non-baked items like puddings and mousses.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still used.
Compound of 焼き (baking) + 菓子 (sweets).