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Palace top ten cakes

Ten cakes in the palace: Osmanthus Jelly, jujube paste cake, mung bean cake, snowball, pea yellow, poria cocos cake, ice cream, Sixi cake, lotus seed cake and Shaqima.

Osmanthus Jelly 1

Osmanthus Jelly has a history of more than 300 years. It is a delicious cake made of glutinous rice flour, sugar and osmanthus. Osmanthus Jelly is a pastry with the highest appearance rate in court dramas. As a traditional snack with China characteristics, it has a long history and is delicious and refreshing. This method is simple and has beautiful historical legends, which increases the historical value of Osmanthus Jelly. It tastes sweet and delicious, and has a strong osmanthus fragrance.

2, jujube paste crisp

It is said that it is one of the dishes of Manchu-Han banquet, and it is also specially made for Empress Dowager Cixi. It is made of red dates and red beans, and it tastes sweet and delicious.

3. mung bean cake

According to legend, eating mung bean cake on the Dragon Boat Festival in ancient times was a summer snack. According to the taste, it is divided into north and south, and the north is Beijing flavor, which is made without any oil. The entrance is soft and oily, and the south includes Soviet style and Yang style. The taste is fragrant, soft but not sticky.

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This kind of cake is also one of Cixi's favorite cakes. In ancient times, only emperors and nobles had the opportunity to eat it, and ordinary people could not see it at all. It tastes soft and sweet.

5, pea yellow

Every part of this cake is made of peas. Although its materials and manufacturing methods are somewhat simple, it is very complicated when cooking. We should not only protect the taste, but also ensure its shape and taste.

6, poria cocos cake

Poria cocos is a very good Chinese herbal medicine in ancient times, but it can also be made into very delicious food. This kind of cake, like a sandwich biscuit, is very delicious, and the color inside is crystal clear, which makes people look very appetizing.

7.ice cream

Ice cream is the freezing point of the palace in spring and summer. The raw materials are cream, egg yolk, sugar and some fresh milk. Add any favorite berries, and the taste is smooth and delicate.

8.sixi cake

Sixi cake is a traditional snack that originated in Pizhou, Jiangsu Province. Its main ingredients are glutinous rice flour, bean paste, walnuts and pine nuts. It tastes sweet but not greasy, and the aroma is overflowing.

9. lotus crisp

Lotus Crisp is a traditional fancy pastry with clear crisp layer, beautiful shape, crisp and sweet entrance and unique flavor in China banquet. It is a traditional dessert made by wrapping jujube paste with crisp oil and frying it.

10, Shaqima

Shaqima is a traditional sweet cake in China. After the noodles are fried and mixed with sugar into small pieces, Shaqima has the characteristics of beige, crisp and soft taste, sweet and delicious, and rich fragrance of osmanthus honey.