Origin of Osmanthus Cake

The osmanthus cake has a history of more than three hundred years. Xindu osmanthus cake is as white as jade, sweet and refreshing, with a rich osmanthus flavor, do you know? It also has a beautiful legend.

According to legend, the osmanthus flowers of Guihu are picked by Yang Shengan from the Moon Palace. One night, Yang Shengan fell asleep in the study, Kuixing dream, asked Yang Shengan want to go to the moon palace to fold the laurel, Yang Shengan said yes. So, Kui Xing ordered the Dragon King of the West Sea to fly Yang Shengan to the Moon Palace to pick cinnamon. Down to the moon palace, Yang Shengan saw a palace and a very tall osmanthus tree, he angrily climbed up and picked the osmanthus branch, back to the study. Later, Yang Shengan went to Beijing and won the first prize.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xindu has a hawker called Liu Jixiang, he was inspired by the scholar Yang Shengan osmanthus fragrance of the study, the fresh osmanthus flowers collected, squeezed off the bitter water, impregnated with sugar density, and with steamed rice flour, glutinous rice flour, cooked oil, sugar mix, box molding sale, named osmanthus cake. Once the osmanthus cake was sold, it attracted people to buy it first. Later, by the local "Tianshunrong", "Wulingxuan" candy shop will be the production of this cake down, and constantly improve the quality, so that the osmanthus cake has become a far-famed Xindu specialties.

Over the past three hundred years, the candy workshop that inherited the production of osmanthus cake has continuously improved the process, and now refined sugar, caramel, flour, glutinous rice flour, vegetable oil, honey osmanthus flowers and other raw materials for the production. According to the appropriate proportion, after steaming, frying, grinding, mixing, rolling, box, knife cutting and other processes refined. The product has a white as jade, sweet and refreshing, delicate dregs, osmanthus aroma characteristics.