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Yangzhou's most famous pastry

The most famous cakes in Yangzhou are Jiangdu Square Crisp, Melaleuca Oil Cake, Jade steamed dumplings, Ruyi Crisp and Yangzhou Square Crisp.

1, Jiangdu Su Fang

Jiangdu square cake is one of the local traditional famous spots in Jiangsu Province, with a production history of 100 years. At first, it was round and shaped like a toad, hence the name toad venom. Later, it was changed to a square, renamed as, also known as Xiao. This product is made of white flour, sugar, sesame, sesame oil and other raw materials, supplemented by spices such as yellow diced rice and orange cake, through fermentation, kneading, wrapping, multi-layer folding molding and slow fire baking. Crispy and delicious.

2. Melaleuca oil cake

Melaleuca oil cake is a famous traditional snack in Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Through removing fat and slow fermentation, it is soft, sweet, tender and clear-cut. Diamond block, hibiscus color, translucent, the cake is divided into 64 layers, with alternating layers of sugar and oil, and the cake surface is covered with red and green silk, which is fresh and pleasing to the eye, soft and sweet to eat.

3. Jade sales

Emerald Shaomai is a local traditional name in Jiangsu Province, which was initiated by Chen Buyun, founder of Fuchun Tea Club in Yangzhou City. If you want to be sweet, put salt first, add salt to make it fresh and sweet, and you can keep chlorophyll. This is a major feature of Yangzhou dim sum, with thin skin and green stuffing, jade color, full of sugar and oil, sweet and delicious.

4. Ruyi Crisp

Ruyi crisp is a famous cake of Han nationality, which belongs to Soviet style. Sweet, fragrant, crisp and crisp, it is a special food for Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. Pour the flour on the chopping board, add lard and mix well to make a dry noodle, pour the remaining flour on the chopping board, dig a hole, add lard, warm water and water to make a noodle, knead it evenly, roll it into a rectangular sheet with a hand hammer 10 minute, spread sand stuffing evenly on it, roll it into double tubes from the upper and lower ends to the middle, and cut it into small pieces with a knife.

5. Yangzhou square cake

Yangzhou square cake is one of the special cakes in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province. Sweet and soft, it used to be called Yunsi cake. Raw materials are japonica rice flour, sweet noodle sauce, green plum, kumquat, melon seeds, cotton sugar and red and green silk. Mix japonica rice flour with hot water and sugar to form snowflake, knead thoroughly, then chop green plums and kumquat, put them into bean paste, sugar and melon seeds, and stir evenly to make kernel stuffing. Put the wooden frame with squares into the cage, cover the cage with clean and wet cloth, then put the fruit-filled rice cake into the box, sprinkle with red and green silk and steam it.