Bowl ear cake is named after its shape like a small bowl with side ears, also known as "Bowl ear cake". Children like it best, so it is homophonic, also known as "baby cake". Guiyang Bowl Ear Cake appeared in Qing Dynasty and flourished in 1980s. At that time, there were many business households in Guiyang, among which No.83 shop in Nanjing Street (now Zhonghua North Road) was the most famous. The masses called it "Nanjing Street Bowl Ear Cake", so there was a two-part allegorical saying "Nanjing Street Bowl Ear Cake-Steamed Big". This sentence has two meanings: one is that the big bowl of cakes on the streets of Nanjing is big; First, the bowls and cakes on the streets of Nanjing are steamed, so hurry to buy them. In the old society, Guiyang people were not rich. Most primary and middle school students ate bowls of cakes and sweet potatoes for breakfast, which was cheap. At that time, there was a bowl cake shop diagonally opposite Shibei Primary School. Bowl cakes are steamed, soft and delicious, and have no sour taste. Early in the morning, the front door of the shop was crowded with chattering students, and all steamed vegetables were sold out.

In 1984, this snack was rated as a famous snack in Guiyang.

Nowadays, the bowl ear cake in Guiyang has been changed from manual grinding to electric grinding, which can be mass-produced. In addition to maintaining the traditional flavor varieties, there are also products made of white sugar, some of which are made of sorghum, purple or black-gray buckwheat, with different flavors and various varieties. This can be seen in Guiyang's large and small restaurants and the morning tea night market of food stalls.