Shaped like a plum blossom, soft and delicious, Nanjing memory in a small paper cup
Plum blossom cake, its unassuming snack, but it is really a special flavor snack in the Gangnam region.
It is said that when the Qianlong Emperor went down to Jiangnan, he saw that it was shaped like a plum blossom and personally gave it the name plum blossom cake, which has been passed down to this day.
Plum blossom cake in Nanjing once flourished, in front of the school, next to the vegetable market, market can be seen everywhere, 1 yuan can buy one, sweet and full.
I don't know why, the plum blossom cake stalls in Nanjing are selling less and less, and now there are only a few who can be named, and Master Zuo is one of them.
Zuo Shifu Plum Blossom Cake, which began in 1986, began with Jiangsu Road, and later changed sites several times before settling in Matai Street.
This year has a history of 35 years, and it is a well-deserved old brand in the Nanjing plum blossom cake industry.
There are two key points for plum blossom cake to be delicious: one is to adjust the batter, and the other is to master the heat.
The ratio of flour to glutinous rice flour will affect the softness of the cake, rigid or too sticky.
The heat is the key to the crispy skin, the heat is not enough, the skin is soft and lying down, the heat is too hot, it is burned.
Eating plum blossom cake is a pleasure, and watching the master make plum blossom cake is also a lot of fun.
A pot takes about 7-8 minutes, the adjusted batter is poured into the mold, and then rotated left and right to allow the batter to adhere evenly to the mold.
After filling the filling, pour the batter into the top again, sprinkle with raisins, small lanterns, melon seeds, red and green silk and other small ingredients, cover the iron plate, wait for a while, a cup of plum blossom cake with full color and flavor can be baked.
Plum blossom cake has a total of four flavors: bean paste, purple potato, fruit, black sesame seeds, the same price, 6 yuan / one.
The plum blossom cake is eaten by a hot and energetic, glutinous rice dumpling on the surface, QQ bullets, raisins, melon seeds, red and green silk greatly enrich the top layer of the taste, sour and sweet interweaving, soft glutinous hidden in the crisp flavor of melon seeds.
The crispy skin of the base, crisp and tough, the hot stuffing is hidden in it, you must swallow it slowly, otherwise you will really be caught off guard.
All fillings are handmade and made from real materials.
The most traditional taste of red beans, sweet but not greasy, bean paste soft, delicate, silky, is the taste of childhood heart.
Fruit flavor, in fact, only a banana flavor, roasted bananas in addition to retaining its original aroma at the same time, but also with a different kind of burnt aroma, soft paste taste, like eating ice cream, Xiaobian favorite.
Decades have passed, and plum blossom cake seems to have changed from a daily snack of Nanjing people to a "tourist" snack.
Delicious things, more and more, for a lump of glutinous rice to run so far, not worth it.
Of course, there are also some nostalgic people who are obsessed with this sweet bite of childhood, childhood filters, Jinling plots, in short, do not eat for a few days to think panic.
Unlike other old shops, Master Zuo never hid his craft, on the contrary, he has recruited disciples over the years, so there are often some "new faces" in the shop.
Not only can you pass on the craft, but you can also help young people who were as confused as yourself to learn a craft that earns money to support their families.
The fireworks of Matai Street gradually faded and faded in the memories of Nanjing people.
The old shop, which is still popular, still stays here, telling the glory of the past, the food is still there, and the delicious memory will not be broken.
Left master plum blossom cake
▼Matai Street Xincai Market No. 1-3 (Tongjia Lane Exit)
▼07:30-20:00
¥ per person: 6 yuan