Meigong Cake

Meigong Cake

　　Meigong Cake is a traditional famous snack from Wuxi, created in 1932. It uses refined white flour, cooked lard, and water to make the flaky pastry dough. Various fillings such as fresh meat, red bean paste, date paste, pepper salt, sesame, rose, scallion oil, southern ham, and dried shrimp are individually wrapped into the flaky dough. The bottom is baked with large charcoal pieces, while the top is heated with a white coal stove. The cake is baked by applying heat from both the top and bottom, flipping it over twice on each side, and switching the position of the pan inside and out until fully cooked. Meigong Cake has a golden-yellow color, a flaky thin crust, and tastes delicious when served hot fresh out of the oven. (Wuxi)