lotus seed cake. Lotus seed moon cake is the most common moon cake on the market. It is a classic variety of Mid-Autumn moon cake with thin skin, moist and loose skin, smooth and sweet filling and deep sweetness. According to legend, during the Yuan Dynasty, lotus seed cakes were once used as a tool to transmit secret letters, and Zhu Yuanzhang successfully revolted and established the Ming Dynasty because he put the secret letters in the moon cakes without being discovered by the Mongols. According to the raw materials of stuffing, lotus seed month can be divided into pure lotus seed month and ordinary lotus seed month. Except for sugar and oil, all the other raw materials in pure lotus seed stuffing are lotus seeds, while other starches such as beans can be added to ordinary lotus seed stuffing. In addition to pure lotus seed paste moon cakes, manufacturers usually add one or several egg yolks, which is called egg yolk lotus seed paste moon cakes. The lotus paste moon cake with egg yolk is better and richer in taste, which reduces the sweet and greasy feeling brought by a single lotus paste filling to some extent. From the stuffing of lotus seed cake, we can easily find that the classic lotus seed cake is not a healthy food from the perspective of nutrition. It is rich in sugar and calories, and the addition of egg yolk greatly improves the animal fat and cholesterol content of moon cakes. Old people, diabetics and friends with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as "three highs" should pay attention to "tasting it" when enjoying delicious lotus seed cake, and don't increase the burden on your body by greedy mouth.