The top ten specialty cakes taken away from Nanjing are: pastry ball, Nanjing plum blossom cake, duck oil crisp cake, Nanjing Osmanthus Jelly, Nanjing crab shell yellow cake, Nanjing begonia cake, Nanjing Youth League, Nanjing tea cake, Nanjing mung bean cake and Honglanyu ribbon cake.

1. Cake balls are small

Cake balls are traditional snacks in Nanjing. Nanjing people pay attention to sweet but not greasy, and waxy but not sticky when eating sweets, which is called the best dessert. In addition, it is not enough to taste good, and the shape and color are even outstanding. Therefore, most of the cakes in Nanjing are exquisite and colorful.

2. Nanjing Plum Blossom Cake

Plum Blossom Cake is a famous flavor snack in the south of the Yangtze River, such as Nanjing, Suzhou and Wuxi. Originated from the Ming Dynasty, it became the most famous traditional cake snack in Jiangnan area when it developed to the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he saw that it was shaped like a plum blossom with attractive color and pretended to taste it. Plum blossom cake is similar to begonia cake, golden yellow, soft and delicious, suitable for all ages.

3. Duck-fried sesame cake

Duck-fried sesame cake is a traditional snack in Nanjing, a traditional famous spot in Nanjing Confucius Temple and one of the eight wonders of Jinling Qinhuai. The crust of sesame seed cake is baked into attractive golden yellow, and the layers of pastry inside are as thin as cotton paper.

4. Osmanthus Jelly, Nanjing

Osmanthus Jelly is a delicious cake made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and sweet osmanthus. It is delicious and refreshing, and it is one of the famous specialty cakes in Nanjing.

5. Nanjing Crab Shell Yellow Sesame Cake

Crab Shell Yellow Sesame Cake is a pastry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. It is named after its golden shell after baking, just like a cooked crab shell. Nanjing crab shell yellow sesame seed cake is different from Shanghai crab shell yellow and Nanjing crab shell yellow. It is made of the above-mentioned dried moldy vegetables and fresh diced fat, and is slowly roasted in a special oven by charcoal fire. It is an ideal refreshment and breakfast in Nanjing cuisine.

6. Nanjing Begonia Cake

Begonia Cake is a traditional cake snack in the south of the Yangtze River, which was created in the Qing Dynasty. Because it looks like a begonia flower, its color is purple, sweet and soft, it can be seen in the streets and lanes of Nanjing.

7. Nanjing Youth League

Youth League is a traditional snack in the south of the Yangtze River. It is made by mixing the juice of wormwood with glutinous rice flour and then filling it with bean paste. It is a traditional snack eaten in Tomb-Sweeping Day in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, and is widely spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.

8. Nanjing tea cake

Nanjing tea cake, also known as steamed tea cake, is a famous local flavor snack in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, and is a seasonal cake eaten in Nanjing every year during the Dragon Boat Festival. Nanjing tea cake is made of glutinous rice, rice, sesame, red silk and green silk. Because old Nanjing people often like to eat cakes while sipping tea, it is named tea cake.

9. Nanjing Mung Bean Cake

Mung Bean Cake is a traditional cake widely spread throughout the country, and its taste is divided into south and north, while Nanjing Mung Bean Cake belongs to Soviet style. The mung bean cake in Nanjing began in the Qing Dynasty. It was made of mung bean powder, glutinous rice flour, sugar and vegetable oil, and the filling was rose bean paste, which was steamed in a cage. Nanjing mung bean cake is especially famous for its mung bean cakes made by Yuanzu, Tang Bakery, Weilikang and Guanshengyuan.

1. Honglanyu Daigao

Honglanyu Daigao, also called "Royal Daigao", is a traditional cake snack in Lishui, Nanjing.