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Qilu Network Lightning News March 27, 2019 Zhoucun baked cake is named after the Zhoucun District of Zibo City, Shandong Province, and is the most representative traditional cuisine in Shandong Province. Zhoucun baked cake originated in the Han Dynasty, became in the late Qing Dynasty, is one of the famous specialties of Shandong Province. Zhoucun baked cake making technology is a traditional handicraft and a national intangible cultural heritage in Zibo City, Shandong Province. According to research, Zhoucun baked cake originated from the Hu cake of the Han Dynasty, and the production technology has a history of more than 1,800 years.
Zhoucun baked cake has four major characteristics of "crisp, fragrant, thin and crisp". Its shape is round and yellow, the front is covered with sesame seeds, the back is listed with crisp holes, thin as autumn leaves, shaped like a full moon, the entrance is chewed and crushed, and the fragrance is full of appetite. The production process of Zhoucun baked cake is very unique, first of all, in the selection of ingredients, strong gluten flour, large and full sesame seeds and high-quality cane sugar are selected. Secondly, combine water and flour together and mix with warm water of about 70 ° C. Next, it is divided into moderately sized blanks. The next extension is particularly critical, taking out a piece of the agent, placing it on a milling plate, flattening it by hand, and quickly rotating it into a thin, evenly packed cake blank.
"We have 12 1 1/2 to 13 cm in size per cake, 12 grams of dough for 12 1 1 1 cm to 13 cm, and this is the case for each pie, and the thickness of the raw cake embryo is 1.66 mm." Wang Chunhua, a national non-hereditary heir of Zhoucun baked cake, introduced.
The cake blank is covered with sesame seeds, and it should be smoothly spread on the back of the palm of the right hand, and quickly pasted to the hearth at a high temperature of 200 ° C by wrist strength, for a skilled master, 3,000 sheets can be processed per day.
Wang Chunhua told the lightning news reporter that the family training of Zhoucun baked cake is "thin is burnt cake, thick is conscience", which has bred the painstaking efforts of generations of Zhoucun baked cake people.
Now the small Zhoucun baked cake has gone out of Shandong and come to a bigger stage, shining in large-scale activities such as the World Expo, the Fair, and the Forbidden City, conquering domestic and foreign guests with superb production skills, and showing the style of China's time-honored brand.
"We would all bring our friends from out of town to taste this hot baked cake. After my friend ate it, he was willing to continue to ask us to mail him some more. Ms. Zhu, a citizen of Zibo, told reporters.
Nowadays, Zhoucun Baked Cake has launched many different packaging forms to meet the needs of the market, and Zhoucun Baked Cake is also actively seeking cooperation with foreign countries. At present, through online and offline channels, annual sales have reached more than 80 million yuan.
Lightning News Reporter Sun Kaixuan Wang Liang Cui Dongmei Correspondent Zibotai Zhang Zhen Zhou Cuntai Zhao Jing reports