If you have been to Changxing County, Zhejiang Province, you will definitely leave a good impression on sweet potato cakes. Sweet potato cake is a local traditional snack, with sweet potato as the main ingredient and sesame and sugar as the auxiliary materials. It tastes sweet, delicious and soft. Whether it is breakfast or afternoon tea, it is a very suitable choice.

There are many ways to make sweet potato cakes, such as frying, steaming and baking. Different practices will bring different tastes and flavors. But either way, it needs careful production. Generally speaking, fresh sweet potatoes are shredded to make sweet potato cakes, then flour and sugar are added, stirred into dough, then stirred for a while, and finally rolled into pancakes for cooking.

The history of sweet potato cake can be traced back to the Qing Dynasty, when sweet potato cake was also called "purple rice cake", which was a kind of food that local farmers came up with to cope with famine. After years of development and improvement, today's sweet potato cake has become a representative specialty of Changxing. If you travel to Changxing, don't miss this delicious snack.