Nianbao cake is the first choice among Haicheng snacks, with a higher grade.

It has three names: Chaanbao Cake, Zhanbao Cake, and Liangbao Cake.

It is called Chaanbao Cake because the cake is shaped like a gambling tool Chaanbao. Each family makes it in different sizes and prices. It is generally square in shape and has six sides. Each side is about 4 centimeters long and each side covers an area of ??about 16 square meters.

cm, the volume of each piece is about 64 cubic centimeters, and the thickness of the crust is about 0.3 cm.

It is called Zhanbao Cake because its skin and filling have high nutritional content and are good for health.

For many years, people of all ages, including young and old, have enjoyed tasting it.

The raw materials of Nianbao cake include mung beans, flour, meat oil and sucrose.

First, the mung beans must be washed and decontaminated, and then soaked in clean water for about 7-8 hours, usually around 10 pm. Pick them up the next morning, and then grind them with a stone mill. The upper and lower grinding surfaces of the stone mill are not tight.

stick together, but with a certain distance, that is, the wooden axis of the stone mill is slightly higher than the axis of the ordinary stone grinder. The height requires that the mung beans can be rubbed off by grinding the mung beans without damaging the mung bean core. After grinding, the mung bean skins will be removed.

Rinse it clean, usually it needs to be sifted twice to remove all the mung bean hearts. Grate and boil the mung bean hearts until they are tender. Stir in the cane sugar and use it as the cake filling.

Then add flour, water and sugar, add an appropriate amount of lard and stir evenly to form a paste to make a cake crust. About 5 pounds of sucrose is added to every 10 pounds of cake material. The sweetness of the cake crust and pie filling will be the same.

After forming into a cake shape, place it on a flat-bottomed frying pan and fry over slow fire over charcoal until it turns dark brown.

Because Nianbao cake is sweet, oily and juicy, it is hard to let go of it as soon as it hits the mouth. In addition to the nourishing ingredients, it has always been a top quality treat and gift. It is still a famous cake in Cheng and Ma areas.

During every New Year's Eve festival and wedding celebrations, people in Yuegang make steamed glutinous rice cakes, which are called "sweet fruit" among the people. Those mixed with brown sugar are called "red sweet cakes", and those mixed with white sugar are called "white sweet".

Red, white and sweet” each has its own characteristics.

According to the Qianlong edition of "Haicheng County Chronicles, Volume 16 Miles": "The south market at the entrance of the county is at Qi Street, the east market is at Xinlukou, and the west market is at Tingxia Street." Today, it is collectively called Zhongshan Road. It was a road when the county was founded.

Going east to Zhangpu and west to Longxi's important thoroughfares, a stone archway was built in the east and west sections. The new intersection in the east section was called "Cuixianfang" (still existing today), and the west section in Tingxia Street was called "Zhenjie Fang"

(Destroyed); Due to the large number of customers in the past, there are many kinds of snack bars. Because "Sweet Rice Cake" is resistant to hunger, sweet and good in business, there are several companies making "Sweet Rice Cake".

There is a legend among the people that there is a sweet cake shop located under "Zhenjie Fang" on Tingxia Street. It has the best craftsmanship and the best sales. The boss's surname is Bai Mingxiang. He is a kind man and is honored as "Brother Xiang". His steamed sweet cakes

Known as "Brother Xiang".

He continues to improve on the technique of steaming sweet rice crackers. First, he needs to select the best quality glutinous rice, soak it in water for about an hour, then pick it up and grind it, mix it with sugar water, and mix ten pounds of glutinous rice with six pounds of sugar.

There are two layers: brown sugar on the lower layer and white sugar on the upper layer. After the glutinous rice flour is soaked with sugar water, it is placed in a stone mortar and pounded with a wooden pestle until the glutinous rice cake becomes soft and moist like paste.

The upper and lower layers of sweet cake are stacked on top of each other. The lower layer is slightly thicker than the upper layer, accounting for about two-thirds. The surface of the cake is sprinkled with sugared winter melon, fat meat cubes (about the size of soybeans), a small amount of finely crushed salt, and then placed in a steamer.

, put a layer of "bean skin" (soy products) in a cage, steam it until thoroughly cooked, then sprinkle with fried and mashed peanuts, fried white sesame seeds, and shallots, flatten it slightly with a flat plate, and finally

Cut into pieces and sold on the market.

Brother Bai Xiang makes sure to steam thirty catties of cakes every day. From ingredients to steaming, he does it all by himself. After the finished product is finished, the whole process is handed over to his daughter.

His daughter's name was Bai Xiuyu. When Bai Xiangge's sweet cake business was booming, his daughter was in her 28th year. She was tall and handsome, with fair and soft skin. She was clever and eloquent, so people called her "Xiuyu".

"Girl" or "Miss Yurun", the name of the father and daughter is added to the name "Xianggerun", and later named "Shuanggaorun", which also contains the meaning of "Shuanggaorun" with upper and lower layers.

Bai Xiang told his daughter that 30 pounds of glutinous rice cake should be cut into 150 pieces, each piece weighing 2 pounds in a diamond shape.

Every day when she opens the shop window, customers are always jostling each other to buy "Double Cake Run", but she is calm and easy, cuts and weighs rice cakes easily, and is never short of money. She also makes no mistakes in collecting and changing money.

Everyone praised her for her "accurate calculation".

Among the customers, the most eye-catching one is Su Ershe, the owner of Fenglong Sugar Store, Haicheng Yu, a millionaire. Every morning, he goes to Zhenjie Square in person to buy "Double Cake Run".

"Miss Run", he was impatient all day long. After buying the cake, he praised it non-stop: "It's so good, it's white, fragrant, sweet, cool, delicious and nourishing. Who can't help but see it?"

It’s weird to be greedy.”

While taking out the money, a pair of slippery eyes stared at her greedily. As she walked, she turned back to take a few more glances. Unexpectedly, one time, her head hit the hard stone of the Shibei Square at the Xinlu intersection, and a big bump appeared on her forehead.

, people asked what happened to Ershe?

He lied nonchalantly: "The polish, aroma and taste of the two cakes are so cute. I can't bear to appreciate them a few more times. I turned around and bumped into the 'Huabiao'. It doesn't hurt." It made everyone laugh. Later, someone made up

He made a wisecrack and said, "Su Ershe's eyes were staring at the cakes, and his head hit the Huabiao Stone! He deserved it!" As soon as this incident spread, it became a long-running joke in Haicheng, Diao

Laugh at those people who are distracted or do things without thinking ahead and backward.