Pineapple cake (feng li su) is the buttery short-crust biscuit filled with sweet pineapple-and-winter-melon jam. Taipei's canonical souvenir, packed into red-and-gold gift boxes.
Pineapple cake traces to the Qing dynasty as a Chinese wedding cake but was modernised in Taiwan in the 1970s. Chia Te Bakery in Songshan, founded 1975 by Chen Tang-peng, won the inaugural Taipei Pineapple Cake Festival in 2006 with both original and cranberry versions. SunnyHills opened in 2009 using only Tu Feng native pineapple (no winter melon), and Wu Pao Chun expanded the format. The cake became Taipei's defining gift, packed into red-and-gold boxes for relatives back in mainland China.
4 editor picks for Pineapple cake in Taipei, ranked by editorial score. All Taipei signature dishes · Pineapple cake across every city.
Chia Te Bakery ★ 4.7
songshan · No. 88, Section 5, Nanjing East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
Chia Te Bakery has been baking pineapple cakes since 1975, winning the 2006 Taipei Pineapple Cake Festival's top prize and shipping global ever since.
SunnyHills Taipei Minsheng ★ 4.6
songshan · 1F, No. 1, Alley 4, Lane 36, Section 5, Minsheng East Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105
SunnyHills' Minsheng Park flagship greets every visitor with a complimentary pineapple cake and a cup of oolong tea, baked from Tu Feng native pineapple.
Wu Pao Chun Taipei ★ 4.6
xinyi · B2F, Eslite Spectrum Songyan, No. 11, Songgao Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110
Wu Pao Chun's Taipei store sits in the basement of Eslite Spectrum Songyan, baking the 2008 Coupe du Monde and 2010 Bakery Masters champion loaves daily.
Kuo Yuan Ye ★ 4.3
shilin · No. 546, Section 5, Wenlin Road, Shilin District, Taipei City 111
Kuo Yuan Ye in Shilin has been baking Chinese traditional pastries and mooncakes since 1867. Five generations on, the brand runs the Shilin museum flagship.