Although a cake is small, it is hidden in the belly
Cake is a very common food in the north and south of the mainland, and almost every place has a cake that represents local characteristics, such as the very famous wife cake in Guangdong, the flower cake in Yunnan, the shallot oil cake, mille-feuille cake, pancake and so on in the north.
A variety of highly representative cakes can not only allow people to enjoy more delicious food, but also let people understand the unique local cake culture while enjoying.
Nanjing, a city of extraordinary people. It is a landscape city forest, with the beauty of mountains and rivers; it is a historical city, haunting the vicissitudes of the rise and fall; it is also a city of food, feeding the people of Nanjing who have been simple, fraternal and wise for generations.
Nanjing Taishi Cake has a history of at least two thousand years. It is a traditional famous spot unique to Nanjing, also known as Taishi cake.
According to legend, during the Zhou Dynasty, King Wu of Zhou led an army to attack Xiqi in a big way, and when king Wen heard the news, he sent Wen Taishi to lead an army to resist king Wu of Zhou's army.
In order to reduce the time for the soldiers to bury the pot and make rice, Master Wen Taishi personally designed a kind of sugar baked cake that was convenient to carry and very delicious as dry food for the soldiers.
And this kind of sugar baked cake is called "Taishi cake", and "Taishi cake", which is the origin of the current Taishi cake.
Too Shi Gong, too Shi Bao
But the ancient legends are too far away, and the authenticity of the story needs to be verified. People now prefer to believe that the name Taishi Cake is related to the famous historian Sima Qian of the Western Han Dynasty.
During the Western Han Dynasty, more than 100 years BC, 10-year-old Sima Qian followed his father Sima Tan to Chang'an, and traveled all over the country around the age of 20 to 35. He has been a studious since he was a child, and whenever he goes to a place, he will visit the local monuments and relics, talk with the local elders, investigate customs, and collect legends.
In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty (108 BC), Sima Qian succeeded his father Sima Tan in his post, served as The History Order, read the books collected by the historians, and in the first year of the Taichu Dynasty (104 BC), together with Tang Du and his subordinates Hong, revised the Taichu Calendar, and carried out a series of reforms to the calendar, and later was implicated and imprisoned for defending Li Ling, who surrendered to the Xiongnu, in front of Emperor Wu of han.
During this period, Sima Qian had officially begun to write the "Records of History", and in order to complete the heavy task of compiling the "Records of History", he lived a hard life of "living in seclusion and forbearance, and staying in the soil without resignation" with the tenacity of "capital punishment without shame", and worked hard to write books, often filling his hunger with a round cake with sesame seeds on both sides.
People were touched by Sima Qian's tenacious spirit, so they named the cakes he had eaten after his title "Taishi Ling" and called them Taishi cakes. Later, the imperial cooks of the imperial court of successive dynasties specially made this cake for those Taishi who drafted documents, recorded historical facts, and wrote history books, which was called "Taishi Cake".
Delicious on the tip of the tongue, good cake made with heart
The original color of the cake is golden or orange-yellow, and there are fine sesame seeds on both sides, which will emit a rich sesame aroma when baked.
Taishi cake is round, the surface is generally flat, slightly some places will protrude, its filling is very much, there is sugar, osmanthus flowers, diced lard, etc., when you eat it, it is very soft and delicious, crispy and moist, sweet and not greasy, is one of the delicacies on the tip of the tongue of Nanjing people.
Nowadays, Taishi Cake is not only a famous delicious noodle in Nanjing, but also a must-buy souvenir for tourists.
The crispy and crisp Taishi cake is a delicacy baked by artisans and a cultural symbol with unique Nanjing characteristics.
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