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According to the owner of a oan cake making factory, the first step is to cook the sugar using water until it becomes dense, then thoroughly stir it with vanilla and grapefruit flower oil.
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Ingredients needed to make the cake include roasted glutinous rice powder, refined white sugar, vanilla, and grapefruit flower oil.
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The process of cooking the sugar is typically the most difficult step as there needs to be enough sugar in order to ensure its stickiness.
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Each frame is carved to feature images of a dragon flying or a phoenix dancing.
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This year the factory also produces artistic oan cakes in various shapes and sizes, including gold bars, peaches, and lotus leaves.
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The cakes are decorated with glitter, crystal beads, and pearls, thereby creating a unique look.
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Craftsmen stack oan cakes together to form giant towers as a way of attracting buyers.
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Each artistic oan tower costs between VND200,000 and VND1 million, depending on their size.
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The cake can be preserved for between six and 12 months, depending on the humidity of the place it is kept.
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Oan cakes are placed on the altars of Vietnamese temples and pagodas so local households can worship their ancestors.
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