Types of cakes

1. Spring cakes

Eating spring cakes is one of the Chinese folk dietary customs at the beginning of spring. In some areas, there is a custom of eating spring cakes at the beginning of spring. Spring cakes are the most delicious in the Northeast and Beijing areas. It is said that spring cakes, as a traditional Chaozhou snack, evolved from the ancient folk snacks of Chaozhou and need to be verified. Spring pancakes are pancakes baked with flour, usually rolled into vegetables.

2. Shaobings

Shaobings are popular baked noodles. There are many varieties, including flatbreads, scones, Jinyun Shaobings, Wenxian Ancient Noodle House Traditional (old noodles) Shaobings, traditional Shaobings, Hugou Shaobings, sesame Shaobongs, pastry Shaobongs, shortened Shaobongs, dough piles, dregs Shaobongs, sugar and sesame sauce Shaobings, oven-dried Shaobongs, vat furnace Shaobings, Luoshuan Shaobings, fried meats, assorted Shaobongs There are more than 100 variations, such as rice dumplings, Du Chengqi Shao Shao, beef tongue cake, etc.

3. Wedding cakes

Wedding cakes are Chinese folk marriage etiquette items. They are gifts given by the man in return to the woman after receiving her dowry; they are also given as betrothal gifts to the woman. Nowadays, it is also used on other happy occasions, including the five joys of life: marriage, birth, entering school, moving to a new house, and birthday. It can be given as a return gift to relatives and friends, with the meaning of "spreading good news and sharing joy". The concept of "wedding cake" first appeared during the Three Kingdoms period. Wedding cakes are now divided into Chinese wedding cakes and Western wedding cakes.

4. Pansi Cake

Pansi Cake is a kind of fine noodle food developed on the basis of stretched noodles. It is a characteristic traditional food in Yantai, Shandong Province. The noodles are golden in color. Translucent, crispy and sweet. Xue Baochen's "Short Introduction to Vegetarian Food" in the late Qing Dynasty has a detailed description of Pansi Pancakes made with Fushan Ramen.

5. Wife Cake

Wife Cake is a characteristic tradition in Chaozhou, Guangdong, made from sugared winter melon, wheat flour, cake powder, caramel, sesame and other ingredients. Name points. It is the most well-known type of Guangdong Chaozhou-style mooncake that uses the least ingredients, is the simplest in workmanship, and is the most well-known.