Friends who pay attention to the Internet café s in Wuzhen will definitely want to know what the Ding Sheng cake Ma Yun ate, and what is the origin and significance of the Ding Sheng cake? What is the practice? Let's introduce it below!

What is Dingsheng Cake?

It is a Chinese food. Dingsheng Cake belongs to Hangzhou cuisine, which has the effects of health preservation and postoperative conditioning in spring. It is sweet, reddish in color, soft and fragrant, and sweet and waxy in mouth. Put the prepared rice flour into a special printing plate, add red bean paste in the middle, and steam it for a little time. The cake is soft, a little loose and has a sweet bean paste flavor. Legend has it that it was in the Southern Song Dynasty. There is a word "Ding Sheng" on the cake, and then it is called "Ding Sheng Cake". The origin of Ding Sheng Cake

There are many and different legends about the origin of Ding Sheng Cake. One story is recorded in a book, which comes from Dream Liang Lu. In the Northern Song Dynasty, when Yang Jiajiang went out to war, the people spontaneously prepared food and drink to see the sergeant off. After the soldiers ate a cake, they saw him off. The people hoped that Yang Jiajiang could win the battle, so they called it Dingsheng Cake. After hearing this, Yang Jiajiang's morale increased greatly and he went to war with confidence. After the Song Dynasty moved south, Dingsheng Cake also spread to Hangzhou today.

The significance of Dingsheng Cake

"Dingsheng Cake" successfully realized the wish of millions of people to support the front line and win the battle. Dingsheng Cake, a festive gift, was firmly rooted in the hearts of the people. The meaning, production skills and quality of Dingsheng cake have also been further improved. For more than 8 years, it has been passed down from generation to generation and will last forever. The main reason is that those who are superior in everything are called "victory" (explained in Ci Yuan); According to the Modern Chinese Dictionary, "winning" means beauty and good ... such as scenic spots, scenic spots, historical sites and scenic spots ...

In modern times, people still follow the principle of "winning cakes" in the festive activities such as building houses, moving to new houses, birthdays, getting married, having children and opening new stores. Fill two foot plates (also called happy plates), cover them with red paper-cuts such as happiness, longevity and Yuanyang, and send them to the host's house. I wish the recipient a prosperous life, a better life and a prosperous future.

The method of Wuzhen Dingsheng cake

Cooking method: steaming in a cage

Taste: sweet flavor

Raw material: 4kg of japonica rice flour. 1.9 kg of white sugar.

The way to make a cake:

1. Mix japonica rice, glutinous rice flour and sugar together, add a little water, sift with a sieve, and then mix in sugar roses. Put the mixed rice flour into a wooden round model, and the model will be shaped like a concave tenon.

2. First, spread a layer of rice flour in the model, and spread it with diced lard. It is easy to be mildewed in the green plum season when there is moisture. It can be stored in winter.

Flavor features: beautiful color, smooth sweet sesame oil, palatable soft glutinous rice, suitable for all ages, festive gifts, and edible both hot and cold.

Key operation:

1. Cut pork suet into small dices, put them in the middle of a concave tenon-shaped model, and seal them with rice flour all around.