Mixed sugar cake is made of brown sugar, white sugar, sesame oil, maltose, eggs, milk powder, flour, leavening agent and water as main ingredients, and rock sugar and five kernels as auxiliary materials, and is made by traditional formula and modern technology. Sweet but not greasy, soft but not scattered, not deteriorating for a long time; If it is left for a long time, it will exude the pure fragrance of old brown sugar mixed with sesame oil, and the filling will exude the fragrance of five kernels.
The mixed sugar cakes made in Beijing, Tianjin, Inner Mongolia, Lanzhou, Ningxia, Shanxi, Hebei and other places are the most delicious, and the most famous one is the mixed sugar cake made in fengzhen city, Inner Mongolia, which has the reputation of "the second Cantonese moon cake" in the north.
Before and after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the miscellaneous sugar cakes in Fengzhen knew that the supply was in short supply. Why is the miscellaneous sugar cake in Fengzhen famous? There are several reasons:
First of all, in terms of raw materials, wheat flour, linseed oil and water are dominant in this area.
Applying farmyard manure before and after wheat growth, the treated wheat flour particles are slightly coarse, and the wet gluten value of wheat flour is 30%. Linseed oil has been processed in this area for 400 years, and the processed linseed oil is pure, fragrant and unique. Water is a deep and pure mineral spring landscape, with pure and sweet water quality, hardness of 8- 10 degree and pH value of 5-6. Wheat, linseed oil and water quality are suitable for the scientific processing requirements of mixed sugar cakes.
Secondly, the manufacturing process has its own unique process. First, boil some water and all linseed oil (the fragrance of linseed oil is stronger after heating); The remaining water, brown sugar and white sugar are burned until they are dissolved; After mixing the two solutions, the dough was quickly mixed at 86℃ and stirred for 45 minutes at 28℃-30℃. Ingredients, kneading, filling and molding are all done by hand.
Brush sesame oil three times when baking.
Thirdly, the historical origin has also given the mixed sugar cake a better humanistic story. Emperor Kangxi and Gerdan confronted each other outside the Great Wall for a long time, and the continuous heavy rain made the grain in the rear moldy. When the logistics and military affairs were in an emergency, a pair of brothers named Wu Feng and Long Wu presented mixed sugar cakes made by their own cake shop, and the Qing army with food was defeated by Gerdan.
After Kangxi knew about this, he rewarded the two brothers and appointed mixed sugar cakes as food for the army. Today, Fengzhen (taking Fengzi) and Longzhuang (taking Zi Long) are named in memory of these two brothers, and they have been used ever since. Sugar cake is a household name, suitable for all ages.
Modern mixed sugar cakes, packed in cartons with colorful patterns, are infused with historical and humanistic colors.
Because the sugar cake is round, the pattern also injects the beautiful meaning of reunion.