Camellia Pastry Taishi Cake

Camellia Pastry Taishi Cake

　　  Taishi Cake, also known as Camellia Pastry, is a traditional dessert from Jingmen, Hubei Province, with a history of over a thousand years. Legend has it that it was favored by Lu Jiuyuan, a Neo-Confucian scholar of the Southern Song Dynasty, during his tenure as military governor of Jingmen.

　　  The cake is made with a wrapper of refined flour and cooked lard, a crispy layer of flour and cooked lard, and a filling of cooked flour, sugar, osmanthus, dried orange peel, walnut kernels, and winter melon candy. After the dough is rolled, filled, and shaped, it is deep-fried in warm oil. It has a crisp, fragrant texture, soft yet not greasy, with a uniquely delightful flavor. It has won the title of “High-Quality Product” multiple times and has been praised by experts as an “authentic tea-time cake.”