Sesame cake, also known as Hu cake and sesame seed cake, is one of the folk snacks in Shaanxi. It is mainly baked with flour, so it is named because it is sprinkled with sesame seeds. It is a vegetarian food made of special flour, vegetable oil, sesame seeds and grass. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, it developed into a popular convenience food in the Tang Dynasty.

"Hu Shi" was popular in China since the Han and Wei Dynasties, and reached its peak in the Tang Dynasty. During the Anshi Rebellion, Xuanzong was happy and went to Jixian Palace in Xianyang. There was nothing to eat, so he had to use "Hu cake" to satisfy his hunger. As a Mirror, Xuanzong Ji said: When the sun went to China, there was still no food in the world, and Yang Guozhong offered cakes from the city. Hu Sansheng noted: "Hu cake is the steamed cake of today". Gao Likong said: "Hu Bing's words are also made of hemp." It is characterized by crisp and fragrant oil, moderate saltiness and rich nutrition. It is characterized by Huang Liang color, crisp skin and soft inside, and fragrant sesame oil.

Making:

1. Take 35g of flour and add vegetable oil, refined salt and pepper powder to make crispy noodles. Another 15 grams of flour is added with water to form a crust, and 1 small pieces are pulled into pieces, which are rolled into pieces one by one, wrapped in crispy noodles (small pieces of crispy noodles), then folded twice, and kneaded into a round cake blank by hand (there is a big bag of crispy noodles: the whole crust is rolled into pieces, put into crispy noodles, folded into pieces, and then pulled into small pieces and kneaded into a cake blank). Brush a layer of egg white on each cake blank, dip a layer of sesame seeds in it, and bake in three fans (or ovens) until both sides are golden yellow.

value of food supplement: sesame is rich in vitamin e, which has the effects of enriching blood and moistening intestines, delaying aging, moistening five internal organs, strengthening bones and muscles, benefiting qi and so on.

tip: suitable for men, women and children.

Business opportunity case: Sesame flavor and cake flavor of sesame seed cake are integrated, and generations have been "fans" of sesame seed cake. Eighty years ago-1927, Langzhong's sesame seed cake won the bronze medal at the Qingyang Palace Flower Show in Chengdu. Twenty years ago-1987, China Snacks, published by China Financial and Economic Publishing House, included a representative Langzhong sesame seed cake, and gave a high evaluation: "The color is brownish red, the shape is beautiful, crisp and sweet, and its quality remains unchanged for more than 2 days, which is convenient to carry."

"The sesame cake is like Kyoto. It's crispy and fragrant, and it's freshly baked. I sent it to Ambassador Hungry and Hungry Yang. It looks like it's not fun." This is Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, praised the sesame cake in his poem "Sending Sesame Cake and Yang Wanzhou". The flax cakes in Chang 'an in Tang Dynasty are very famous, especially the ones made by Fuxingfang.