製菓

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 製菓 (せいか) is an action and industry noun for making confectionery and baked sweets.
• Basic usage: 製菓の専門学校 modifies a school by its specialty, while 果物を使った製菓に取り組む names the confectionery work developed by a workshop.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Training field and production activity
  • 製菓の専門学校 is a field of vocational training, whereas 製菓に取り組む is actual development or production work. The noun does not denote one finished sweet.