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Akanes is a Greek sweet similar to loukoumi only that it is flavoured with fresh butter rather than fruit essences. It is made exclusively in the town of Serres in Northern Greece. The origin of the name akanes dates back to the period of the Ottoman occupation of Greece. A theory for the name states that when the local governors would tell the Greeks preparing the sweet aka which means stir in Turkish and they would reply in Greek ne which means yes.
