Pinenut-jujubepaste cake is one of the famed traditional Suzhou pastries. The surface part are mainly compounded with white sugar, maltose, eggs, edible vegetable oil, flour, etc; while the fillings are mainly kernel, pulp, fragrant flowers, etc.
Various types include cakes made with pinemut and jujube paste, pinenut-peach and jujube paste, pinenut-jujube paste and sweetened-bean-paste, jujubepaste-lard, rose-lard, gingko-lard, etc. They are featured by the round or square shape and crispness&fragrance. Thus it is fair to say that in the making of these cakes, both color and smell, both shape and taste are paid equal attention to. The jujubepaste-lard cake made by Qian Sheng-yuan Bakery&Confectionary in Mudu Town , Wuxian city are especially famed for its moderate honey and fat as well as the crispness and fragrance. It is always the first choice of those customers who intend to give presents.
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