The famous food in anguo city, Hebei Province-horseshoe sesame cake is a kind of food baked in a special pot with flour, vegetable oil and sesame as the main raw materials. It is shaped like a horseshoe, hence the name horseshoe sesame seed cake.

It is said that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he burned horseshoe biscuits and sugar cakes as tribute to Emperor Qianlong, which was highly appreciated by the emperor and ministers. This shows that horseshoe biscuits and sugar crisp fire have long been known and loved by Shanghe people.

development prospect

Anguo horseshoe sesame seed cake has been continuously improved after a long historical development. In recent years, Anguo Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have attached great importance to the inheritance and development of this traditional famous food and taken measures to expand production and improve quality. With the reform of rural economic system and the opening of the market, horseshoe biscuits have developed by leaps and bounds.

At present, there are not only more than a dozen sesame seed cake shops in anguo city, but also more than 120 sesame seed cake shops distributed in all towns and villages in the city. According to statistics, the annual output of horseshoe biscuits in the city can reach more than 300 tons. These biscuit shops all over the city, while inheriting the production, have improved and innovated, each with its own characteristics and flavor, competing with each other, learning from each other's strengths and promoting each other. These products not only supply the needs of the county, but also the surrounding counties and cities and Baoding, the provincial capital, often buy in bulk.