Fuchun tea cake making is a local traditional manual skill in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu and belongs to Jiangsu Province Intangible Cultural Heritage List. Originated from the Qing Dynasty, “Fuchun Teahouse” is particular and innovative by reform, has concentrated efforts in the diversification strategy of tea cake , has created such delicious tea cake as “Chief dragon ball”, Multiple Layer Oil Cake and Jade-like Shao-Mai which was improved and praised as Yangzhou pastry “The Handsome Twins”, and “steamed stuffed bun” etc. and have passed down to now.
The forming skills are multiple for Fuchun tea cake, while “wrapping” and “holding between the fingers” are the forte skills of pastry cooks. According to different types, such skills as lifting & holding, holding edge and crimping etc. are used respectively to produce artful sculpt. In the feast pastry, the sculpts such as fish, bird, animal, melon and fruit etc. are made by hands, which are very vivid, delightful and make you have good appetite.
The stuff of Fuchun pastry is strictly set in terms of material selection, cutting skill, combination, processing & making, seasoning and heat control. The excellent raw materials together with serious and rational making method have ensured the delicious taste and particular charm of Fuchun pastry. The charm of Fuchun tea cake lies in that it provides a kind of leisurely, unhurried and serene life style which is both refined and popular, and intriguing.
