A synonym for Baihua cake generally refers to Peony cake.

Peony cake is also called "Hundred Flowers Cake" and "Peony Cake". There are Peony cake in Heze and Peony cake in Luoyang. Peony cake is based on bean powder, mashed with rice, steamed into cakes, and matched with selected peas, adzuki beans, red dates, whole milk powder, custard powder and so on. Bake with carefully prepared peony petals.

According to legend, the inventor of Peony cake was Wu Zetian. According to The Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties, one year's Flower Festival is the season when peony flowers bloom in Grain Rain.

She led the maid-in-waiting to enjoy the flowers in the garden, and looked at the flowers that were competing with each other, and had a whim. Ordered the maid-in-waiting to pick a large number of flowers of various colors, return to the palace according to her design, mash them with rice, steam them into cakes, and give them to ministers as gifts. Therefore, Peony cake is also called "Hundred Flowers Cake" and "Peony Cake".

Second, mung bean cake?

Mung bean cake is one of the traditional cakes and a summer snack. According to legend, in order to seek safety and health, China's ancient ancestors ate zongzi, realgar wine, mung bean cakes and salted duck eggs on the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to taste, it can be divided into north and south, and the north is Beijing flavor. It is made without any grease. Although the entrance is soft, there is no greasy feeling. South China includes Su-style and Yang-style, which need oiling when making, and the taste is soft and delicate.

The main raw materials of mung bean cake are cooked mung bean flour, steamed sweet potato flour (or wheat flour and pea flour), vegetable oil (sesame oil), cooked lard, soft sugar, sugar rose, black jujube meat and sweet-scented osmanthus sugar.

It is sweet and cold in nature, non-toxic, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, improving eyesight and removing nebula. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and dense texture and soft and waxy taste.

Third, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar steamed new chestnut powder cake

Osmanthus Jelly is one of the traditional famous foods with a history of more than 300 years. According to legend, in the late Ming Dynasty, there was a vendor named Liu Jixiang in Xindu County. He was inspired by Yang Sheng 'an, the top scholar. He collected fresh osmanthus, squeezed out bitter water, soaked it in molasses, mixed it with steamed rice flour, glutinous rice flour, cooked oil and extracted sugar, and sold it in boxes, named Osmanthus Jelly.

For more than 300 years, Osmanthus Jelly's candy store has continuously improved its technology, and now it takes refined white sugar, caramel, flour, glutinous rice flour, vegetable oil and honey osmanthus as raw materials. It is prepared according to a proper proportion and refined by steaming, frying, grinding, mixing, rolling, box cutting and knife cutting. This product has the characteristics of white as jade, sweet and refreshing, fine slag melting and rich Gui Xiang.

Fourth, bean paste cake?

Bean paste cake was created in the late Qing Dynasty and is a traditional pastry in Quwo area. Is prepare from peas, gardenia and persimmon. According to legend, after the Taiping Army conquered Jiyuan, Henan Province, it recruited local young and middle-aged people to join the army, led his troops to capture Jincheng and Changzhi in the north, and continued to advance to Jinnan.

When troops were stationed in Quwo, some Jiyuan disabled soldiers saw Quwo's rich beauty and bustling streets, so they didn't think about their hometown and stayed in Quwo to start a bean paste cake business to make a living.

During the Republic of China, bean paste cake stalls were everywhere and became local snacks with unique flavor. They also made up a mantra: "Come to Quwo County, live in Dadongguan, copy a burden and earn some money from bean paste." The operation of bean paste cake does not occupy the space, and there is no need to open a shop. Raw materials are easily available, and small profits are quick turnover.

Five, the queen mother cake?

Cixi cake is a characteristic traditional name of Fuping County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. The Queen Mother's cake has golden skin, crisp oil, soft inner layer and salty taste. Rich in carbohydrates, animal fatty acids and other nutrients.

According to legend, Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, married Bo before he ascended the throne, became emperor and named him Ji. Bo Xilai's son is China Emperor Liu Heng. At this time, Bo was named the Empress Dowager, his dead father was named Ling Wenhou, and his mother was Mrs. Ling Wenhou. Wendi's mother, Empress Bo, usually likes cakes best.

He often goes to Liyang to visit his mother, Mrs. Ling Houwen. Every time he saves his mother, he takes the accompanying chef to make cakes. Later, this kind of palace baking technology spread from Mrs. Ling's home to the people. So the cake originated from the thin queen mother, so it was named "Queen Mother Cake".

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