I’ll have to look into that idea! Honestly I never even imagined that these were even vaguely related to actual Chinese desserts; I entirely assumed they were just Western cake ideas, but impossibly cheap.
Like the pizza that’s always on those burgers. Even less authentic than the rest of the stuff, and somehow cheaper tasting than even Cici’s. (Not knocking the restaurants for that; gotta have something for the picky kids.)
Though apparently only forms because of a fungus!