Kanazawa Shogenku cake is produced in Qingpu, Shanghai, China. Kanazawa Shogen cake is one of the famous traditional cake specialties of Qingpu. From 1861 to 1879 (during the Qing Tongzhi period), there were two theories about the name of the cake after the Yuan: one was to take the Cake as a gift, and the candidates took the cake to take the exam during the examination, taking the auspicious meaning; the other said that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in Jiangnan was called the Shangyuan Festival, and there was a flower lantern, and people used the hot cake as a supper, called "Shangyuan Cake".
After liberation, on the basis of the original, after further research and development, the special varieties of pepper, osmanthus and cream have been added, and it also has the effect of promoting digestion and strengthening the spleen, which can be used as an ideal food for tourism and a good gift for relatives and friends.
As the reputation of the cake has grown, many newspapers and periodicals have introduced it, especially for children.
Kanazawa Shogen Cake is a kanazawa shi wanchang old technician based on traditional skills, after research and improvement, the production of unique flavor of the shogun cake. The cake powder is made of fine white japonica rice, mixed with an appropriate amount of glutinous rice, soaked in water and dried, scooped fine, and then added pine nut powder, white sugar, compacted and sliced, baked with a low flame, sliced golden, eat crisp and sweet, selling well in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces.
Kanazawa Shogen cake is made of high-quality pure japonica rice, made of stone scoop into powder, the powder is delicate and not paste, with white sugar, steamed, cut, roasted, baked and other processes. If you use an appropriate amount of pine nut flour, it becomes a pine nut cake; and with pretzel salt, it becomes a pretzel cake, which is the most exquisite baking, which is baked with charcoal and the four corners of the heat are balanced. The finished product is thin, golden in color, delicious and fragrant, sweet and crunchy, and dissolves in the mouth
Zhuangyuan cake, also known as "Shangyuan cake", "fire cake", in the past, every fifteenth day of the first lunar month, when the flower lanterns, Kanazawa Town was lively, people entertained all night, often buying cakes made by Shi Wanchang shop as a supper, so it was called Shangyuan cake. In the local area, "Shangyuan" and "Zhuangyuan" are pronounced the same, and the township test takers are Tujili, and when they take the exam, they must bring this kind of snack that is both guli and convenient to eat, so it is also called "Zhuangyuan Cake".
This point was awarded the Souvenir Quality Award at the West Lake Exposition in 1924. Production was discontinued in the 1960s and resumed in 1984. The cake is made by grinding flour, sugar, steaming cake, sliced cake, baking and other processes with osmanthus flowers or pine nuts as the main raw materials, accompanied by accessories such as osmanthus flowers or pine nuts.
From 1841 to 1948 (during the Republic of China period), Kanazawa Zhuangyuan cake was shipped to Qingpu, Zhujiajiao, Jiashan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, Wujiang, Jiangsu and other places. At the beginning of liberation, the Kanazawa confectionery factory still produced. Production was discontinued in the 1960s. In 1984, dianshan lake food factory resumed production and listing.
Kanazawa Shogen Cake, originally carefully developed by Kanazawa Wanchangsheng Old Shop, golden color, fragrant aroma, delicious and sweet, loose and crisp, famous, with a history of more than 130 years.
There is a folk story about the production of Kanazawa shochu cake, according to legend, in the past, a poor talent in Kanazawa had to go to the capital to take the exam, because his family was poor, in order to save money, his mother made a kind of cake for him, dried it and packed it in a cloth bag to prepare for the needs of hunger on the road. This kind of yellowed cake slice, the fragrance is fragrant, on the road happened to meet a rich family Xiucai, tasted this cake can not help but applaud. So the two traveled together and arrived in the capital together to take the exam, and both of them were on the list. People think that it is related to eating this cake, and later made it in Kanazawa, called the Yuanyuan cake, the buyers are enthusiastic, and the sales are booming.