Taiwanese Flower Cakes | The Essential Store

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A Taiwanese Bakeshop Classic

A mainstay at Chinese and Taiwanese bakeries around the World, these iconic flower pastries are hard not to fall in love with. Delicate yet substantial with perfectly balanced flavors that are never too sweet — these flower cakes make for addictive tea-time snacks and celebratory treats.

For this drop, our baker picked two pastry fillings — a traditional, lightly-sweet red bean paste and a more contemporary coconut sugar version that is sweet, tropical, and fragrant.

Available With Two Fillings

For this drop, our baker picked two pastry fillings — one traditional, one more contemporary. For the traditional fill, we went with red bean paste — arguably the most classic dessert filling in Asia. Our baker makes the filling herself without any additives, leading to a finished paste that is super smooth and not too sweet. For the more modern version, she crafted a coconut sugar filling. Sweet, tropical, and fragrant, the coconut version is a worthy competitor to the original. Our solution — just get both.

Art In Pastry Form

The essential flower cakes are a work of art. The painstakingly crafted pastry skin is delicate, light, and flaky. Very lightly sweetened, the dough allows for a more decadent filling. Once filled and baked, each pastry is hand-carved into the iconic shape of a plum blossom flower.

Ingredients

Red Bean Flavor: sesame, egg yolk, red bean paste, sugar, lard, flour.

Coconut Flavor: Milk powder, butter, sweet rice, salt, sugar, flour, coconut, lard.

Questions About The Taiwanese Flower Cakes

How long until I receive my order?

The Taiwanese Flower Cakes arrives approximately from the day of order.

Our products take longer to arrive than most others on the internet. But there's a good reason why. Most of our pieces are made to order and ship directly from the source. We don’t keep warehouses or carry excess inventory. This is how we cut costs and pass thousands in savings back to you. But it also means you have to wait a bit longer.

What is your return policy

The Taiwanese Flower Cakes can be returned after receiving the order only if the product is damaged or unusable.

Our products are made to order. So we cannot offer returns for changes in preference. But we always do what we can to make it right.

To be returned, products need to be completely unused and still in their original packaging.

How can I track my order?

The Taiwanese Flower Cakes ships within of order placement.

Once your order has been shipped, you will receive an email with tracking details, allowing you to monitor its progress. Simply use the provided tracking information on our delivery partner’s website to stay updated on your shipment.

I have another question

Contact us anytime at care@theessential.com

Judge us by our looks

Our packaging is safe, simple, and proudly no frills. We don't think it makes sense to pay for things you throw away immediately.

That's why the Taiwanese Flower Cakes ships in the same protective packaging the manufacturer uses, covered in functional stickers and foreign stamps showing the journey it's been on.

We don't hide it and wear it as a badge of honor for the places our products have been and the people who made them.