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What are sugar cakes like?

The candy cake looks like the following figure:

Sugar cake is made of flour and sugar as the main raw materials. There are many flavors and different ways to make them.

Chaoyang sugar cake is a traditional name, full of color and flavor, belonging to Cantonese cuisine. There are many kinds of cakes in Guyi, Chaoyang, Guangdong, among which several kinds of sugar cakes have a long history and unique flavor, which are well-known at home and abroad. Such as "binding sand", "sago sugar" and "fork sesame seed cake", have unique local characteristics and fragrant taste.

Examples of famous candy cakes:

Liangsha in Chaoyang County has a long-standing reputation. Folk song: "Xiancheng is fragrant and sweet, refreshing and delicious." A bundle of sand, a dish of tea and a bubble, the taste of sugar cake is better than delicacies. "The production of shusha in Xiancheng began in the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.

At that time, Zhao Jia, a native of Xiancheng, mixed peanuts with white sugar to make granular candy, which was named "Cinnabar". According to this traditional candy, later generations have constantly innovated the production technology, making it even in sugar coating, white as snow, crisp and sweet, and fragrant after eating.