As a special food culture heritage, flower cake has more than 300 years long history in Yunnan China. As a kind of royal food, it was firstly come into being in Qing Dynasty. Qianlong is the first Emperor who tried this flower cake and liked it very much. Now it is a special popular snack food among Chinese people. Yunnan is the kingdom of flowers, rose flower, Osmanthus, jasmine flower, lily flower, chrysanthemum, and other edible flowers are all good for making cakes.
