Where Lingbao cauldron cake comes from

The cauldron cake is a local flavor snack of Lingbao, which is said to have been introduced from Shaanxi hundreds of years ago. Retort is a kind of small hole at the bottom, so the retort cake is also called Jin cake. Pottery retort steamed out the best quality. The raw materials of the steamer cake are glutinous rice (traditionally Wuxi glutinous rice), jujube (Lingbao Maotou jujube is the best), the ratio of which is 10 kilograms of glutinous rice and 3 kilograms of jujube per pot, and there are strict requirements for soaking the rice, loading the steamer, adding water, and firepower, etc. The steamer cake is excellent in shape and color, and is also known as "Jin Gao". The retort cake, excellent in shape and color, moderately soft and hard, soft and sweet and sticky, mellow flavor, is really a good product for winter and spring breakfast

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