Plum blossom cake is. Suzhou snacks. Tradition. The invention came down a long time ago. The color is attractive, the taste is sweet but not greasy, the texture is moderately soft and crispy, and the aftertaste is endless. While inheriting the traditional production method, plum blossom cake also adds small yuanxiao, green and red fruits, pine nuts, etc. to make it more delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. Plum blossom cake originates from Wuxi and is also a famous snack in Jinling and Nanjing.

Plum blossom cake is a Wuxi snack. It uses high-quality flour, mixes baking powder and water into a slurry, pours it into a heated plum blossom mold, puts in various fillings such as bean paste, fresh meat, diced pork suet, roses, etc., then pours the batter and sprinkles with white sugar. , red and green melon shreds, cover the cake mold with a hot iron plate and bake until done. The baked plum blossom cake is golden yellow, shaped like plum blossoms, soft and delicious, and suitable for all ages. Raw material formula (taking making 100 plum blossom cakes as an example):

4 kilograms of fine white flour, 3.5 kilograms of bean paste, 150 grams of white sugar, 500 grams of diced pork suet, 75 grams of red and green silk, food 15 grams of alkali and 25 grams of soybean oil. Production method: 1. Put 2 kilograms of flour into a bucket, add an equal amount of warm water, stir evenly with a long-handled iron spoon, let it sit for 5-6 hours, then add 2 kilograms of flour and 3 kilograms of warm water, and stir vigorously until the batter is even. , until there is no stickiness or lumps. Dissolve the alkali, pour it into a bucket, mix well, and pour it into a copper kettle for later use.

Pour the soybean oil into a container and add 50 grams of water to make it into water and oil. 2. Place the mold and the iron cover on the stove and scald over medium heat. Use a brush dipped in water and oil to smear the mold holes. Take a copper pot and pour the batter into the mold holes one by one (only fill half of the hole). Then lift the mold and slowly Turn slowly to make the batter stick to the walls of the hole evenly, then place it on the stove, insert the bamboo piece into the hole and scrape the batter towards the four walls of the hole.

Then add 35 grams of bean paste and 5 grams of sugar suet into each hole, then take 15 grams of white sugar and sprinkle evenly into each hole, then fill the holes with batter and sprinkle with red sugar. About 15 grams of green silk, cover and cook for 2 minutes, open the lid and sprinkle 15 grams of white sugar evenly, cover with the iron lid and cook for another 3 minutes until cooked. Open the lid and use a shovel to separate the plum blossom cake from the mold, lift it up and put it on a plate. Plum blossom cake originated in the Ming Dynasty.

It developed into the most famous snack in the south of the Yangtze River during the Qing Dynasty. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, he saw the plum blossom cake. It is not greasy, moderately soft and crispy, and has an endless aftertaste. It is better than the royal cakes in the palace, and it was highly praised. Because it looks like a plum blossom, it was named plum blossom cake, so it has been passed down to this day. While inheriting the traditional production method, the Delicious Love Catering Technology Promotion Center

later added small yuanxiao, green and red fruits, pine nuts, colorful rice, etc. to make it taste more delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside. There are more than a dozen preparation methods such as bean paste, jam, and nuts, which push plum blossom cake to a new level and is another new selling point in current snacks. Thyme plum blossom cake is made from more than a dozen raw materials such as flour, bean paste, and white sugar, which are baked in a special stove at the Delicious Love Catering Technology Promotion Center. After melting, the caramel aroma of the white sugar is added, and colorful embellishments are added.

The most fascinating thing is to eat the red bean paste (or jam) wrapped in the slightly tough shell. The concentrated sweet aroma and hot sweetness comfort all the taste buds in the mouth. It is said to have a long history. It was originally a snack provided by boat gangs during temple fairs and festivals. The making process of plum blossom cake is very simple, but the technical requirements are very high. The batter mixing, shaping, and heat must be just right.

The special mold required for production has 19 plum blossom-shaped holes. When the fire is burning red, first use a brush to brush the hole of the copper mold with oil, then pour the thin batter into the mold hole, half the depth is enough, put the bean paste filling, and then add the batter into the mold hole until it reaches the mold hole. It is filled, sprinkle some red and green silk and melon seeds on top, cover it with an iron lid and bake it.