Origin of Almond Cake

Zhongshan almond cake is one of the four major cakes in Guangdong, and is also one of the first choices for gifts for relatives and friends. Almond cake is not made of almonds, it is named after the shape of almonds, in fact, it is more appropriate to call it mung bean cake. Almond cake from a self-combing woman's hand, through the vicissitudes of Zhongshan century. She chose mung beans ground into powder cake, in the middle of the cake sandwiched between a thin piece of sugar-cured pork, after baking made of fragrant mung bean cake, and then people think that this cake is shaped like almonds, and chewing with almond flavor, crispy in the mouth, it is named "mouth fragrant almond cake" ("mouth"). ("mouth" was later simplified to "Tsui"). As the almond shape of almond cake is easy to miss the corner, affecting the beauty, the cake mold was changed to a round shape, which has been maintained to this day. Good almond cake can not be made with a cake-beating machine, will be raw and hard to eat, must be hand-knocked a hit made out of the cake is considered to be authentic and genuine, the texture will be fluffy.?

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Ice meat slices practice: fat meat slices marinated in sugar and a little wine overnight, blanched in water and drained before using?

Materials: 350g of mung bean flour, 200g of powdered sugar, 150g of lard (or ghee), 20ML of water, ice meat slices and roasted almonds.

Mung bean flour, powdered sugar and lard, mix well, then add water and mix until there is no powder is the cake mix (add the almonds and mix well is the almond cake mix)

In the cake mold first filled with half of the powder, and then put the sliced meat in the center?

2. Fill the mold with the other half of the mixture, scrape off the excess and press it down with the palm of your hand, then tap the mold with a wooden stick until it releases.

3. Tap the mold on its side a few more times, and then carefully invert the cake out of the film

Place the marzipan on a baking sheet (use a wire rack for better results) and bake at 150 degrees Celsius for about 25 minutes.