How to pronounce Suncake

Suncake is written 太陽餅 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /tʰaɪ˥˩ jaŋ˧˥ piŋ˨˩˦/. In plain English letters that is tai-yahng-BING, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Suncake?

Suncake is a dessert of Taiwan. Where it comes from: Taichung. People usually eat it at teatime. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes sweet.

Where Suncake comes from

Suncake is one of 30 signature dishes of Taiwan on this map.

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Food of Taiwan

Dishes like Suncake in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Suncake:

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• Wenxi zhubing 闻喜煮饼 · Dessert · Wenxi (Shanxi), China

  Wenxi zhubing are round sweets from Wenxi County in southern Shanxi and are counted among the eight famous pastries of the province.