Pepper cake may refer to various spiced cakes or biscuits, some containing black pepper: Gingerbread, known as pfefferkuchen in German Lebkuchen, also known as pfefferkuchen Ontbijtkoek, a Dutch/Flemish cake also known as peperkoek Pryanik, from eastern Europe Hujiao bing, literally "black pepper cake", from China Ginger snap, known as pepparkakor in Swedish, piparkakut in Finnish, piparkūkas in Latvian, piparkoogid in Estonian, and pepperkaker in Norwegian (literally, 'pepper cakes')