I used to hate traditional Chinese cakes when I was a child because we never got them from good bakeries. Nowadays, most bakeries make them a lot less sweet then they used to be. Also, we know the good bakeries now, and I am beginning to love eating traditional cakes for breakfast or as a snack. They are bite sized and conveniently packaged for eating on-the-go, but beware of the calories. The crumbs can also get pretty messy. The cake I ate recently was curry flavored and was a sweet and savory type of cake. There are also other flavors such as red bean that are purely sweet.
The bakery we went to is called Lenjen Bakery (連珍糕餅店), and it is a well-known traditional bakery in downtown Keelung. Don't expect to find bread there since it's a traditional bakery. They also sell a taro pudding (the name roughly translates as "snow dew") and a savory vegetarian mushroom cake that I really like. If your Chinese reading ability is good, you can go to their website and order online for delivery to your house. They do get quite busy around Chinese New Year's and won't accept online orders during that time.
Here is a google map of Lenjen Bakery:
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