Guangzhou’s special gift snacks include wife cakes, walnut cakes, wedding cakes, Pantang horseshoe cakes, egg powder, etc.

1. Wife Cake

Wife Cake, also known as winter antler cake, is originally created by Guangzhou Lianxianglou. Legend has it that there used to be a loving couple, and the daughter-in-law was willing to sell herself to treat the family member’s illness. The husband who lost his wife was not discouraged and worked hard to develop a delicious cake. He eventually redeemed his wife by selling cakes and lived a happy life again. This delicacy preparation method is still known as "wife cake".

2. Walnut cake

Walnut cake is a famous snack, formerly known as walnut cake. It is produced in both northern and southern China. The taste of walnut cakes produced in different places of origin is different. Among them, the walnut cakes produced in Beijing, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan and Taiwan are the most famous.

3. Wedding cakes

It is said that the earliest distribution of wedding cakes began in the Three Kingdoms period. At that time, in order to take back Jingzhou, which Liu Bei had lent, Sun Quan accepted Zhou Yu's "beauty trick" and pretended to marry his sister to Liu Bei, who had just been widowed, and took Liu Bei to Soochow to get married.

4. Pantang Water chestnut cake

Pantang Water chestnut cake is a traditional cake delicacy in Guangzhou, Guangdong. It uses local specialty water chestnut powder as raw material. The cake body is golden and transparent, smooth and smooth. Flexible.

5. Egg powder

Egg powder is also an indispensable food for Guangzhou families to greet relatives and friends during the New Year. Roll flour, gluten flour, eggs and lard into a shape, then fry in a wok with oil. When fried until light yellow, scoop it out and store it for consumption.