Osmanthus Jelly Cake
1 min readOsmanthus cakes are the xiaolongbao of desserts:every city has its own recipe.But Hangzhou has them all beat by having an annual festival for appreciating these soft，sweet-scented pastries.Early autumn each year，visitors descend on West Lake and gardens around Hangzhou to view the osmanthus flowers in bloom.It’s tradition to set upa table under a fragrant tree and drink Longjing tea，play cards，and eat osmanthus cakes with friends.Legend has it that a scholar brought osmanthus to earth from the moon palace，and a peddler who smelled the flowers from outside the scholar’s window had the idea ofmixing flower petals in the honey-flavored cakes that he sold.You can buy a box at Jiang Nan Chun，a traditional dessert shop with several locations in Hangzhou，and from vendors at Man juelong Village south of West Lake.
