Also known as northern cakes, represented by Beijing area. Beijing-style cakes, with a long history, various categories and different tastes, are characterized by heavy oil and light sugar, softness, pure sweetness and saltiness. Representative varieties include Beijing Bakuai, red and white moon cakes and so on. Among them, Beijing eight tablets are divided into big eight tablets, small eight tablets and refined eight tablets. Eight pieces are made of eight kinds of fillings, such as hawthorn, rose, green plum, white sugar, red bean paste, jujube paste, salt and pepper, raisins, etc. , wrapped in edible oil noodles, carefully baked to make various patterns of impressions. Shapes are kidney-shaped, drum-shaped, bergamot-shaped, bat-shaped, peach-shaped and pomegranate-shaped. Crispy and delicious, with pure fragrance. Specially made eight pieces, the fine layer is even, the filling is soft and sandy, and the fruit is pure and thick. There are also eight kinds of shapes, such as three immortals, silver ingots, sweet-scented osmanthus, happiness, auspiciousness, longevity and love of peaches, which are the fine products in Beijing-style cakes.

In the old days, Beijingers should bring gifts when visiting relatives and friends, and pay attention to giving "eight Beijing pieces", namely "big eight pieces" and "small eight pieces". This was originally an essential gift and decoration for the wedding and funeral ceremony and daily life of the royal family in the Qing Dynasty. Later, the formula was spread from the royal chef to the people. Its main ingredients are refined white flour, sugar, lard, honey and various fruit seeds. The so-called "eight pieces", that is, eight kinds of snacks, generally have sesame cakes, jujube flowers, rolled cakes, and some are engraved with different words such as blessing, luck, longevity and happiness. There are round, peach, square and so on. They are packed in a rectangular cardboard box. "Little People" is in duplicate, and sixteen pieces are packed in a carton. In the past, when my daughter went back to her parents' home to pay a New Year call to her elders, I always went to the pastry shop to buy a box of eight big ones in my hand, which was generous and beautiful.

The big eight pieces are generally eight pieces a catty, and the small eight pieces are generally eight pieces a catty.