Mellow black wine, delicious Yangtze delicacies, pastries of various shapes... these are all Jiangyin's famous delicacies. Among them, my favorite is Jiangyin's specialty, horseshoe cake. According to legend, during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a famous Ma Kaishan

Opened a shop on Xia Road Street, Tong'an, making a kind of baked cake with pastry dough filled with caramel filling. Because it resembles a horseshoe and was created by Ma Kaishan, it is called "horseshoe cake". However, after the reforms of the past dynasties, today's horseshoe cake

The cake is shaped into the chrysanthemum shape we see today. The size of the horseshoe cake is different. The big one is as big as a plate, which is enough for our whole family to eat. The small one is only as big as the palm of your hand. It is so small and exquisite that you can't put it down. Horseshoe cake

The cake looks like a simple beauty. It is wearing a burnt yellow coat, which is thick around the edges and thin in the middle. There are also lines on the surface, like a blooming chrysanthemum, which is really beautiful. Look carefully, you will find a piece of

Pieces of "petals" are mixed with attractive bean paste filling. On the cake surface, sesame seeds are sprinkled on it like a goddess scattering flowers, adding a temptation to the water chestnut cake. Some water chestnut cakes are also decorated with

The strips of red and green silk are really the "icing on the cake"! If you get close and smell it, a strong fragrance will definitely hit your nose. Is it the fragrance of sesame? Is it the fragrance of bean paste? Or is it the fragrance of oil? No one can bear to smell that fragrance.

I can't help but salivate. No wonder people gave it a nickname, "Shixiang Cake". The poet Fang Wanggui of the Qing Dynasty once wrote a poem praising it: "When you first rise from the scriptures, you will still leave traces, and you will return home without stepping on the flowers."

"Fragrant". In my memory, it is always necessary to eat some water chestnut cakes at family gatherings. The sweetness of honey, the fragrance of sesame seeds, the softness of fine sand, and the crispness of cake noodles, the rich taste is still unforgettable. Come to Jiangyin

, if you have never eaten horseshoe cake, it would be a pity! Friends, come and try it quickly!