Orange-red Cake

Last updated 2026-11-09 — Product Name: Orange-red Cake　　Product Origin: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province　　Product Features: Delicious and crispy.　　Product Description: Orange-red Cake is a white, taffy-like food product. It comes in bulk or is packaged in paper bags adorned with five bright pinkish-red characters: “Anxi Orange-red Cake.” To this day, it can still be found sold by street vendors carrying shoulder poles throughout the streets of Xiamen. The main ingredient of Orange-red Cake is high-quality, pure glutinous rice. The rice is washed, steamed in a bamboo basket, then cooled before sugar and an appropriate amount of spices are added. It is then pounded in a stone mortar using a wooden or stone mallet until mashed into a paste, which is formed into a rice dough on a cutting board. This dough is hand-kneaded into rectangular or square-shaped soft cakes made of glutinous rice, which are then sliced evenly into small pieces using a sharp knife. Finally, the pieces are dusted with steamed glutinous rice flour or regular flour to complete the process.