Jinhua shortbread has a long history. According to legend, Cheng, one of the 24 founding fathers of the Tang Dynasty, was the founder of Jinhua Shortbread. Cheng made a living selling sesame cakes in Jinhua in his early years. Once, he made too many cookies and didn't sell them all day. He left the cake behind to continue selling it tomorrow. However, if the cookies go bad, they can't be sold. Therefore, in order to prevent the biscuits from going bad, Cheng put all the biscuits on the stove. He thought: keep the fire roasting, and the sesame cake will not go bad! The next day, when Cheng got up, he saw that the meat oil in the sesame cake was baked, and the crust was more oily and brittle, all of which were shortcakes. As soon as this cake went on the market, it immediately attracted many people. Everyone saw that Cheng's cakes were very different from before, and they all scrambled to taste them. Cheng shouted at the top of his lungs with joy: "Come and buy it! Sweet and crisp shortbread! " It's called, many people buy it. People think that the technology is getting better and better. Some cake shop owners also solemnly asked Cheng for the "secret recipe". Cheng burst out laughing and said, "I have no secret recipe! Just a night by the fire. " Later, Cheng improved the sesame cake, and the crisp cake was round like a teacup, shaped like a crab shell, with sesame seeds on the surface and golden on both sides, and with the fragrance of dried vegetables and meat stuffing, it had a unique flavor.

Later, Cheng took part in the peasant uprising at the end of Sui Dynasty, became the "devil in the world" in Wagangzhai and became the founding father of the Tang Dynasty. After his success, he still can't forget his early career of selling cakes, so he strongly recommends this snack. "Jinhua Shortcake" is famous for its founder's reputation.

Since then, this "special" practice has been passed down from generation to generation, and later it became more and more famous and became a famous traditional specialty.

Jinhua shortcake is made of white flour, dried mustard seed, fat, sesame, vegetable oil, maltose, honey, etc. It is a semi-spherical pastry as big as a crab shell made by rolling, filling and baking. Crispy cakes are golden on both sides, covered with sesame seeds, with dried vegetables and meat in the middle, with more than 10 layers on both sides, each layer as thin as paper and as transparent as cicada wings. Chansons shortbread tastes excellent. Imported crispy, melt when wet, and people who have lost all their teeth are also very tasty; Shortbread also shows its unique charm with its rich old fragrance and salty aftertaste, which strongly attracts customers. There is a legend of Li Bai's "smelling incense and dismounting".

Jinhua shortcake is easy to carry and is an ideal dry spot for travelers. It is said that since the Tang Dynasty, people in Jinhua have been taking shortbread as dry food when they go out for business and try to eat. Nowadays, travelers who come to Jinhua like to buy some bamboo slips to take back to relatives and friends, or as a light meal on the way. At present, there are pastry shops in urban and rural areas of Jinhua, which make all kinds of cakes.