"The two sides of the scar cake are crispy and sweet." As the name suggests, a scar cake is a cake covered with scars. At this time, some people may ask, what kind of scar is this cake, which makes it famous? Are you also curious, so let's take a look.
Scar cake, also known as seed cake or stone cake, was first made in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that during the Qing Dynasty, scar cakes were sent to Beijing as tribute food, and when Empress Dowager Cixi first saw this food, she did not appreciate the shape of its scarred face. Once, perhaps because Empress Dowager Cixi was tired of eating the taste of mountains and treasures, the imperial dining room said to taste light food, and Li Lianying, the chief of internal affairs, personally went to the imperial dining room to select a few foods, and Empress Cixi tasted a few bites of each, and after eating the fanzhi scar cake, she was full of praise and unconsciously ate the whole cake. Since then, the prosperous scar cake has become famous. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the people, when many good men and women went to Wutai Mountain to worship the Buddha, they had to buy scar cakes and eat scar cakes, hoping to stop smallpox infection. This period was also the heyday of scar cake production. Fanzhi was located at the foot of Wutai Mountain, and there were more than 20 shops producing scar cakes in the county at that time.
So what does the "scar" of this scar cake look like? We have to start with the way it is made. First of all, it is necessary to use oil and dough, then divide the dough into 12 small dough, roll it round, flatten it, and wrap it in date paste according to personal preference. The thinly milled dough cake is then placed on the already heated stone in the oven with a rolling pin into one-millimeter-thick discs. Stone cakes without date paste, sprinkle some sesame seeds on the flattened round cakes. Finally, to bake, a layer of sand is laid in an iron pot, a layer of cake is placed, and baked. The ripe round cake is golden brown in color, and the dough is evenly covered with small round pits, resembling scars.
Scar cakes are sweet and crispy in texture, and are a unique flavor of cake food, which is well-known. In Jinzhong, Jinnan and other places, there is an ancient custom, children make a full moon, grandma's family or relatives and friends always carry a pack of crunchy scar cakes to congratulate. This crisp and crispy scar cake is easy to eat and easy to digest, and the mother produces more milk after eating, but also increases the amount of food and nourishes the body. You might as well try this scarred-looking pie to see if it's really that "connotative"!