Pastry · Baked
Xianhua Bing (Yunnan Flower Cake)
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The 'flower' isn't a flavoring or decoration — it's real edible rose petals, grown specifically for cooking, folded directly into the pastry filling.
A flaky, layered pastry is filled with a paste made from Yunnan's edible roses, sugar, and sometimes osmanthus or red bean, then baked until golden.
Why it's made this way: Yunnan's long tradition of cultivating edible flowers, dating to the Ming dynasty, made rose petals a practical local ingredient.
Roughly what's in it
320kcal
5gprotein
42gcarbs
15gfat
Estimated per typical street-vendor portion — not lab-tested.
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