A flower cake loved by ancient queens，Palace dim sum, intangible cultural heritage – flower cake

The origin of flower cake can be traced back to more than 600 years ago. According to legend, due to the invasion of foreign enemies, the local youth are to join the army to defend the country, the girl in love all day long to pray for the safe return of the beloved, several years of war finally returned, but the hometown is too poor and there is no good food to meet the beloved person, then one of the girls in a rush to wisdom, called on the sisters to use a mountain of flowers, with the symbol of love roses to do flower cake, When the heroes returned to eat the beloved people with roses to make soft and delicious food, each bite is filled with the fragrance of roses, very excited, from then on flower cake spread in the local, become a symbol of love, a symbol of victory!

How did that become a royal tribute? At that time, an official in Kunming heard that the queen had been unwell and had no appetite to eat, and was wasting away. In order to please the queen at that time, he offered the rose flower cake from his hometown to the Queen, and the Queen ate the soft, delicious and fragrant flower cake. With appetite and body recovery, these flower cakes were deeply loved by the queen and were subsequently listed as court cakes. With the passage of time, flower cake has become one of the special cakes in Yunnan, and gradually spread throughout the country. The process of making flower cake is not simple, you need to choose fresh roses to remove the stamens and petals, stir the petals into a puree, add sugar and flour, and then bake. Flower cake is not only delicious, but also has the role of beauty and conditioning the body.