Yangcun cake (one of the traditional cakes in Zhejiang)

Yangcun cake is one of the traditional cakes in Yangcun Town, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. Yangcun cake is made of glutinous rice flour as the main raw material, adding red dates, sesame seeds and other ingredients. Soft and waxy, sweet and delicious, it is one of Jiaxing's special snacks.

manufacturing method

The production method of dried Yangcun cake is relatively simple, and the specific steps are as follows:

1. Prepare materials

The main materials needed to make Yangcun cake are glutinous rice flour, red dates, sesame seeds, sugar and oil.

Make glutinous rice paste

Add glutinous rice flour into appropriate amount of water, and stir evenly until there is no granular substance to make glutinous rice paste.

Cut red dates

Remove the core from jujube and cut it into small pieces for later use.

Add ingredients

Add the chopped red dates, sesame seeds, sugar and other ingredients into the glutinous rice paste and stir well.

steam

Pour the mixed glutinous rice paste into the mold and steam it in a steamer for about 30 minutes.

Cut into small pieces

Take out the steamed Yangcun cake, cool it and cut it into small pieces.

Edible method

Yangcun cake is soft and sweet, which is very suitable as a snack for breakfast or afternoon tea. You can eat it directly or make tea.

skill

When making Yangcun dry cake, the soaking time of glutinous rice flour should be longer, which can make glutinous rice flour softer and more waxy. At the same time, adding jujube, sesame and other ingredients can increase the taste and nutritional value of the dry cake.