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= Flower Cake =

Introduction
The flower cake is a kind of cakes, which is made of a unique rose in Yunnan. Fresh flower cakes are mostly sold in local baking brands in Yunnan Province. The cake is one of the classic representatives of Yunnan’s snacks, it is also a classic representative of the Chinese mooncakes.

History
The original flower cakes can be traced back to more than 300 years ago when it was Qing dynasty in China. The emperor loved eating the flower cakes because of the special and delicious flavor. The modern flower cakes that can be seen today are originated from Kunming Guanshengyuan production in 1945. In that year Kunming Guanshengyuan opened up a piece of ground to raise edible roses. Edible roses were used to make flower cakes and roses candies.

Ingredients
Yunnan unique edible roses

Edible rose is the Rosaceae, and rose is a deciduous shrub. Edible roses distribute in the most parts of China but the edible roses grown in Yunnan are the best. Yunnan is known as "plant kingdom", "flower country", and more than 70% of the flowers in China are produced in Yunnan Province. It is because Yunnan has the unique advantages, including mild climate during the whole year, high-quality abundant sunshine and suitable geographical location for the growth of edible roses.

Preparation for materials
People who make flowers will pick the edible roses at first. They pick the edible roses in the morning.

In the next step, people use the fresh roses without the pedicle and the petals to make fresh flower cakes. People add sugar and gently rub. And people then add honey seasoning according to the wet conditions, because this can keep the favor of flowers and remove bitter.

After that, people will seal the food material in the dark place 2-3 days to fermentation and add a certain amount of cooked glutinous rice flour.

Variations
Rose flower cakes are the most common flower cakes. Others flavors are arabian jasmine flower, osmanthus flowers, white peanuts, walnut nuts, buckwheat, purple potatoes, Yunnan ham of the taste of the pie.

Brands
Jiahua, Panxiangji, HuaG, Flowers taste, Snow-capped mountains roses, Jianianhua and so on