Manna cake is a famous traditional pastry in Tianchang City, Anhui Province.

It is said that in the second year of Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, Dai Lanfen, a member of Tianchang Juren, went to Beijing to take the exam and got ninth place, but was selected as the number one scholar.

How can the ninth place win the top pick?

It turns out that the first place was Shi Qiu from Gaoyou, Jiangsu Province. Because Shi Qiu sounds the same as "death row prisoner", it is not very auspicious.

In order to flatter the emperor, the examiner tried his best to disparage Shi Pongdai and suggested that Shi Qiu be replaced by Dai Lanfen. He said that the immortal Dai Lanfen was "forever and ever (ninth), generation after generation of Lanfen", which means that heaven helps the saints, symbolizing

The mountains and rivers of the Qing Dynasty can live as long as heaven and earth, extending from generation to generation.

The examiner's plan of stealing a dragon and turning a phoenix into a phoenix really made the Sacred Heart very happy, so he happily selected Dai Lanfen as the top candidate.

After Dai Lanfen won the first prize, in order to thank the emperor for his kindness, he presented the traditional snacks from his hometown Tianchang to the palace as a tribute for the emperor to taste.

After the emperor tasted it, he felt that it was crispy, sweet, oily but not greasy, melted in the mouth, and delicious. It was like getting nectar, and the color, taste and shape were all good. He praised it very much and named it "Ganlu Cake", so it is also called "Tribute Manna".

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Manna cakes are strictly selected from the ingredients. They use the finest refined white flour, glutinous rice flour, refined white sugar, refined lard, black hair, and red plums as the main raw materials. The production process is extremely delicate, and currently it can only be operated manually by skilled workers.

The prepared nectar cakes are delicious, beautiful in shape, as white as jade, and layered like white peonies in full bloom.

In 1982, it was rated as a national high-quality famous traditional pastry.