Synonym Baihua cake generally refers to Peony cake.

Peony cake is also called "Baihua Cake" and "Peony Cake". There are Heze Peony cake and Luoyang Peony cake. Peony cake is made of bean powder as the main material, mashed with rice, steamed into cakes, mixed with selected peas, adzuki beans, red dates, whole milk powder, custard powder, etc., and baked with carefully prepared peony petals.

According to legend, the inventor of Peony cake was Wu Zetian. According to "Tales of Sui and Tang Dynasties", one year the Flower Festival was the season when peonies were in full bloom in Grain Rain.

She led the maid-in-waiting to enjoy the flowers in the garden, and looked at the flowers that were competing for each other, and she had a whim. Ordered the maid-in-waiting to pick a large number of flowers of various colors, return to the palace according to her design, mash them with rice, steam them into cakes, which are called "Baihua cakes", and give them to the ministers as gifts. Therefore, Peony cake is also called "Baihua Cake" and "Peony Cake".

Second, mung bean cake?

Mung bean cake is one of the traditional cakes, which is a summer snack. According to legend, in order to seek safety and health, ancient ancestors in China ate zongzi, realgar wine, mung bean cake and salted duck eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival.

According to the taste, it can be divided into south and north, and the north is Beijing style. It is made without any grease. Although the entrance is soft, it has no oily feeling. South includes Su-style and Yang-style, which need to be added with oil when making, and the taste is soft and delicate.

The main raw materials of mung bean cake are cooked mung bean flour, steamed sweet potato flour (or wheat flour and pea flour), vegetable oil (sesame oil), cooked lard, soft sugar, sugar rose, black jujube meat and sweet-scented osmanthus sugar.

It is sweet and cold in nature, non-toxic, and has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, quenching thirst, inducing diuresis to reduce swelling, improving eyesight and removing nebula. It has the characteristics of regular shape, light yellow color, fine and compact texture, soft and sticky taste.

Third, sweet-scented osmanthus sugar steamed new chestnut powder cake

Osmanthus Jelly is one of the traditional famous cakes with a history of more than 300 years. According to legend, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a vendor named Liu Jixiang in Xindu County. He was inspired by the fragrant study of Gui Zi in Yang Sheng 'an, the number one scholar. He collected fresh osmanthus, squeezed out the bitter water, soaked it in molasses, mixed it with steamed rice flour, glutinous rice flour, cooked oil and extracted sugar, packed it in boxes and sold it, and named it Osmanthus Jelly.

For more than 300 years, the candy store that inherited and made in Osmanthus Jelly has continuously improved its technology, and now uses refined white sugar, caramel, flour, glutinous rice flour, vegetable oil, honey osmanthus and so on as raw materials. It is prepared according to a proper proportion and refined by steaming, frying, grinding, mixing, rolling, box cutting and knife cutting. This product has the characteristics of white as jade, sweet and refreshing, fine slag melting and rich Gui Xiang.

Fourth, bean paste cake?

Bean paste cake was created in the late Qing Dynasty and is a traditional pastry in Quwo area. Is prepare from peas, gardenia and persimmon. According to legend, after the Taiping Rebels conquered Jiyuan, Henan Province, they recruited young and middle-aged local people to join the army, led their troops northward to capture Jincheng, Changzhi and other places, and continued to advance to Jinnan.

When the troops were stationed in Quwo, some Jiyuan disabled soldiers saw that Quwo was fertile and beautiful, and the streets were prosperous, so they didn't think about their hometown, stayed in Quwo and started the bean paste cake business to make a living.

In the years of the Republic of China, bean paste cake stalls abound, becoming a unique flavor of local snacks. They also made up a mantra: "Come to Quwo County, live in Dadongguan, copy a pair of burdens, and earn some money with bean paste." The operation of bean paste cake does not occupy the site and does not need to open the shop. The raw materials are easy to get, and small profits are quick turnover.

Five, the queen mother cake?

Empress Dowager Cake is a characteristic traditional name in Fuping County, Weinan City, Shaanxi Province. Queen Mother's cake has golden skin, oily and crisp, soft inner layer and palatable salty flavor. Rich in carbohydrates, animal fatty acids and other nutrients.

According to legend, Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, married Bo before he ascended the throne, and when he became emperor, he was named Ji. The son born to Bo's family is the Chinese Emperor Liu Heng. At this time, Bo was named Empress Dowager, his dead father was named Lingwenhou, and his mother was Mrs. Lingwenhou. Emperor Wen's mother, Empress Dowager Bo, usually likes pastry best.

He often visits his mother, Mrs. Ling Wenhou, in Liyang, and every time he saves his mother, he takes the accompanying chef to make pastry. Later, this court baking technique was spread from Mrs. Ling Wenhou's home to the people. Therefore, the cake originated from the thin queen mother, so it was named "Queen Mother Cake".

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