Manna cake
Manna cake is a traditional famous spot in Tianchang City, Anhui Province. Manna cake selection is strict, the selection of high-grade fine white flour, glutinous rice flour, fine white cotton sugar, refined lard and green silk, red plum as the main raw materials, its production process is extremely fine, can only rely on skilled workers manual operation. The resulting nectar cake is delicious and beautiful, white as jade, and stacked on top of each other, like a blooming white peony. In 1982, it was rated as a national high-quality famous traditional pastry
origin
According to legend, in the second year of Qing Daoguang, Dai Lanfen, a tianchang, entered Beijing to take the exam and won the ninth place, but he was named a champion. How can the ninth place be in the middle? It turned out that the first place was originally Shi Qiu of Jiangsu Gaoyou, because Shi Qiu was in harmony with "death row prisoner", which was not very auspicious. In order to pat the emperor's ass, the main examiner tried his best to belittle Shi Lanfeng, and suggested that Shi Qiu be replaced by Dai Lanfen, saying that the heavenly dai Lanfen was "the heavens and the earth are long (the ninth), the generation of LanFen", which has the meaning of heaven and earth to help the saints, symbolizing that the Qing Dynasty can live with the heavens and the earth, and the generations will last. Lord Examination's plan of stealing the dragon and turning the phoenix really won the Sacred Heart, so he gladly took Dai Lanfen as a champion. After Dai Lanfen zhongzhuangyuan, in order to thank the emperor for his kindness, he presented the traditional famous spot of his hometown Tianchang to the court as a tribute and offered it to the emperor to taste. After tasting it, the emperor felt that it was crispy and sweet, oily but not greasy, melted in the mouth, delicious and delicious, such as manna, and the color, taste and shape were all good, which was very appreciated, and was named "manna cake", so it was also known as "tribute manna cake".
