Glutinous Rice Jelly Cake

Glutinous Rice Jelly Cake

　　Glutinous Rice Jelly Cake

　　Glutinous Rice Jelly Cake is a traditional snack that has been popular in Hengshui for nearly 300 years. In the "Imperial Hunting Feast Records During Emperor Qianlong’s Visit to Rehe" from the 44th year of Qianlong’s reign (1779), it is noted that Emperor Qianlong frequently enjoyed glutinous rice jelly cake. At that time, retired imperial chefs often settled in Jizhou City after leaving the palace, where they took apprentices and opened shops, and thus the dessert was introduced to the general public. During the Republican era, there were dozens of shops in Hengshui making glutinous rice jelly cake, among which the version made by the Hui (Chinese Muslim) family surnamed Xia was the most renowned.