Pineapple cakes

Taiwan is renowned for its food, and has been called a food paradise. Besides delicious cuisines and snacks, Taiwan also has famous desserts such as Pineapple Cake in Keelung, Sun Cake and Taro Cake in Taichung, Gongtang in Jinmen, mochi in Hualien, Ox Tongue Biscuits in Yilan, Peanut Candy in Taoyuan, Nougat in Tainan, dried persimmon in Hsinchu, Square Biscuits in Chiayi, etc.

The pineapple cake is a delicious square-shaped cookie with sweet winter melon filling. The texture of the cake is between soft and crispy, and it has a buttery flavor. The crust just seems to dissolve and melts into the mouth. Even though its name is “pineapple” cake, the ingredient does not include any pineapple. Since winter melon paste has a softer and better taste than the pineapple paste, almost all the stores now use winter melon to make the filling. One may purchase pineapple cakes at any cities in Taiwan, but the most famous pineapple cakes are in Keelung.

Rabbit cakes

The Sun Cake, also called Butter Crisp Cake, is a famous dessert in Taichung. It is a round-shaped pastry with a sweet malt sugar stuffing; its main ingredients include flour, lard, malt sugar, and sugar. The multiple-layer crust has a crispy taste, and the malt sugar stuffing has a soft taste. Since the Sun Cake has a rich flavor, most people eat them with tea.

Taiwanese pastries

The mochi (or muaji) is a specialty of Hualien. It is a chewy rice cake made of glutinous rice with sweet stuffing. The mochi has various stuffing such as black bean, black sesame, green bean, green tea, nagaimo, peanut, red bean, taro, and walnut. Besides mochi, Hualien Sweet Potato is also a very famous dessert. The crust is usually made of baking powder, egg, flour, honey, malt sugar, oil, and sugar. Also, the stuffing is made of steamed sweet potato or yam mixed with red bean paste. The Hualien Sweet Potato has a starchy and sweet taste. It is perfect to eat it while savoring tea.