Shandong Zhoucun baked cake, is a pasta dish, because it is produced in Zhoucun District, Zibo City, Shandong Province, named after the Han Dynasty, into the late Qing Dynasty, is one of the famous specialties of Shandong Province. Made of the traditional craftsmanship of Shandong Province, it is a pure handmade product, which has the four characteristics of "crisp, fragrant, thin and crisp". Its shape is round and yellow, the front is covered with sesame seeds, and the back is lined with puff pastry holes, thin like poplar leaves, and the crispness is abnormal. The entrance is chewed and crushed, the incense is full of belly, if you lose your hand and land, it will all become fragments, commonly known as "Shandong Guara leaf roast cake".
Shandong Zhoucun baked cake is made from wheat flour, white sugar and sesame seeds, and is made by traditional craftsmanship. After being made, it is as thin as autumn leaves and shaped like a full moon; the beads on the ground are scattered and broken, and the aftertaste in the mouth is endless.
According to research, Shandong Zhoucun baked cake originated from the Han Dynasty's Hu cake. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xi explained it in the book "Interpretation of Names" as "cake, and also." The noodles make the merge also. Hu cake, made of the great man, is also made of flax. "溲, which means soaking and noodles; Da Man Miao refers to the shape of large and flat; flax, that is, sesame seeds, according to legend, Zhang Qian was planted in the western region, hence the name." Therefore, from the raw point of view, the hu cake is a dough cake covered with sesame seeds, which is the same as the hanging oven baked cake.
In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhoucun Jia Chamber of Commerce in Shandong Province gathered, and various Shandong snacks should be born from time to time. A baking equipment called the Hu Cake Oven was introduced to Zhoucun in Shandong Province, and the chefs of the restaurant created the Shandong Big Shortbread according to the characteristics of the thin and crispy brown cake and the method of baking the Hu Cake with stickers.
In the sixth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1880), Shandong Zhoucun Guo surname baked cake old shop "Shandong Juzhai" devoted himself to the development of the baked cake production process, and after several improvements, Shandong Zhoucun baked cake was launched with a new face and unique flavor.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the descendants of Guo surnamed "Shandong Juzhai" joined the state-owned Zhoucun Food Factory in Shandong Province with the recipe and production skills of large shortbread. In 1979, the big shortbread was registered as "Shandong Zhoucun" as a trademark, and it was officially named "Shandong Zhoucun Brand" Shandong Zhoucun Baked Cake.