FromYunnan
Eating occasionSnack
Dish typePastry
FlavorFloral · Sweet · Buttery
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What is Flower Cake?
A flaky Yunnan pastry filled with sweetened edible rose petals.
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Flavor profile
Floral · Sweet · Buttery
A flaky Yunnan pastry filled with sweetened edible rose petals.
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Key ingredients
Wheat flour pastry, edible rose petals, sugar and oil or lard.
This is a food guide, not a recipe. Ingredients and preparation vary between cooks, shops and cities.
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How it is usually made
Rose-petal filling is enclosed in layered pastry and baked until lightly golden and fragrant.
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Origin and food culture
Yunnan flower cake is best known as a flaky pastry filled with edible rose petals, reflecting the province’s commercial cultivation and culinary use of roses.
“Flower cake” is a category with many modern formulas. The filling should use food-grade edible roses; texture and sweetness vary among bakeries.