Zhejiang Shaoxing famous point - Shaoxing fragrant cake

Brief introduction

Shaoxing fragrant cake, is a famous spot in Shaoxing, its history is very long, is one of the eight tributes of the Qing Dynasty Imperial Palace, has long had the reputation of "entering the Beijing fragrant cake".

Shaoxing fragrant cake with fine white japonica rice ground into rice noodles, with an appropriate amount of Chinese medicine cloves, sand kernels, white zhi, cardamom, fennel and powdered flavors, and then mixed with pure white sand sugar, and powder after molding, put on the white charcoal fire baking, so that the baked cake yellow but not burnt, hard and not firm, crunchy and sweet, and has the function of depressing, and medium, appetizing, spleen.

History and culture

The production of fragrant cakes in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, began in the early years of Qing Jiaqing and has a history of more than 170 years. The founder is Meng Xianzheng, meng Xianzheng's "Wang Jin Four Rooms" rice cake shop, which originally specialized in rice cakes and printing cakes. One year, there was a lot of rain, and the store had a light business and a lot of printed cakes in the store. Meng Xian saw that these cakes were in danger of deteriorating, so he had to temporarily bake the cakes with charcoal fire so that they could be stored for a few more days. Unexpectedly, the color of the baked cake changed from white to yellow, the texture changed from soft to hard, and it also emitted a burst of rice aroma, and when tasted, the taste was better than the original cake. Meng Xianzheng was inspired, so he operated exclusively in the name of fragrant cakes, and hung up the sign of "Meng Damao Fragrant Cake Shop" on the street. Since then, Shaoxing fragrant cake has become a traditional specialty.