Yunnan traditional cakes include moon cakes with cloud legs, flowers cakes and buckwheat.
1. Yuntui Moon Cake
Yuntui Moon Cake is a blend of local characteristics in Yunnan. The crust is made of wheat flour from Chenggong, Kunming, mixed with water and oil, and the stuffing is cured with Xuanwei ham from Yunnan. The moon cake with cloud legs is crispy but not oily, with uniform meat particles, slightly chewy and moderate salty and sweet.
2. Flower cake
Flower cake is made of edible roses unique to Yunnan as its main raw material. Yunnan's unique geographical environment combined with climatic advantages has made the edible roses unique and rich in taste. When tasting, it is full of taste, full of flowers, sweet but not greasy, and it is a specialty food that must not be missed when coming to Yunnan. It is one of the classic dim sum representatives with Yunnan characteristics, and it is also one of the classic representatives of Yunnan-style moon cakes in China.
3. Three Spices of Buckwheat
It is made of buckwheat flour. Its skin is golden and shiny, and the entrance is soft and instant. When you take it down, it has the light bitterness of Buckwheat itself. With chewing, it is followed by the sweet and smooth bean paste, which is thin and full, but oily but not greasy.
other factions of Chinese traditional cakes
1. Beijing school: including North China, represented by Beijing. It has a long history, various categories and different tastes. It has the characteristics of heavy oil, light sugar, crisp and soft, pure sweet and salty taste. Representative varieties include Beijing Eight Pieces and red and white moon cakes.
2. Supai: Suzhou, Jiangsu Province as the representative. The fillings are mostly nuts and pork chop oil, flavored with osmanthus flowers and roses, and the taste is heavy and sweet. Representative varieties include Soviet-style moon cakes and lard rice cakes. Su-style cakes play an important role in the development history of Han cakes in China.
3. Guangpai: represented by Guangzhou. The materials are exquisite, varied, fashionable, fresh and diverse in taste, fine in production, both salty and sweet, and combine the skills and characteristics of West Point, so it can adapt to the four seasons and the needs of all parties. Representative varieties are green white rabbit dumplings, fried radish cakes, water chestnut cake, preserved egg crisp and so on.