various fillings Banana roll – Rolled flavored glutinous rice, not cooked any further after preparation Baozi – Generic term for a steamed yeast bun, with various types of fillings Beef bun – Usually filled with ground beef, sometimes flavored with curry; sometimes sprinkled with black sesame or poppy seeds Black sesame rice cake – Flat glutinous rice patties filled with black sesame paste Cha siu bao – Steamed or baked bun, filled with roast pork and optionally, sweet onions; sometimes indicated by a red dot Chicken bun – Steamed or baked bun, usually filled with shredded chicken and black mushroom slivers; sometimes sprinkled with a few white sesame seeds Cocktail bun – Usually filled with a sweet shredded coconut paste Curry beef turnover – Flaky pastry crust with a curried ground beef filling Dowry cake – Large sponge cake, often filled with lotus seed paste Fa gao – Yeast rice flour cupcake or sheetcake, fermented overnight to develop flavor before steaming Ham and egg bun – Bun filled with a sheet of scrambled egg and a slice of ham Huangqiao sesame cake – Small dough balls rolled in sesame seeds Jin deui or zi ma qiu – Deep-fried hollow ball of glutinous rice, coated with sesame seeds, and optionally with a sweet red bean or a savory meat filling Lotus seed bun – Steamed bun filled with lotus seed paste Mahua or fried dough twist – Very different from youtiao, with a more solid texture Mantou – Plain, slightly sweet, steamed wheat flour yeast buns (unfilled); the traditional basis for Chinese steamed buns (baozi) with fillings Mooncake – Traditional variations are heavy lotus seed paste filled pastry, sometimes with 1–2 egg yolks in its centre. Modern variations have altered both the pastry crust and filling for more variety. These are specially featured at the Mid-Autumn Festival, but may be available year-round. Nuomici – Sweet glutinous rice dumpling with different fillings such as sweet red bean paste, black sesame paste, mango, and peanuts Osmanthus cake – Flower-scented sweet cake Paper wrapped cake – Spongy and light, these are plain chiffon cakes wrapped in paper; sometimes simply called "sponge cake" Peanut butter bun – Sweet bun filled with peanut butter Pineapple bun – Does not contain pineapples, but derived its name from the "pineapple-like" criss-crossed scored appearance of the top surface, which is a tender crispy, sweet, golden crust. The pineapple bun