Four famous scenic spots in Hefei

The four famous spots in Hefei are sesame seed cake, scone, inch gold and white cut.

1, sesame seed cake

Sesame cake is a traditional name in China. According to legend, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Hefei, Anhui Province produced a kind of sesame cake the size of copper coins, which was delicious. In rural weddings, sesame cakes are regarded as wedding cakes, which means auspiciousness.

Step 2 bake the cake

Scones are famous traditional cakes in Guang 'an, Sichuan, Hefei, Anhui and Xiangxiang, Hunan. Using rice flour as the main raw material, the crisp cake product was made by mixing, molding, cooking, molding and baking. Its characteristics are white color, crisp and delicious, and beautiful fragrance.

3, inch gold

Inch gold is one of the four traditional famous spots in Hefei, Anhui Province. It looks like a pen and is about an inch long, hence the name "inch gold". Sugar is crisp on the surface, soft in the heart and mellow in sweetness. It has the unique aroma of orange cake and osmanthus, which is both crisp and sweet. The surface layer is crisp and soft, symmetrical in thickness, white all over, soft but not sticky, sweet in mouth, pure in sweetness and persistent for a long time.

4, white cut

The characteristics of white cutting are milky white and transparent, and the slices are thin, sweet and crisp. Because sesame is mixed, fragrant, sweet and crisp, it has become a high-quality name.

Origin of Hefei hemp cake:

According to legend, as early as the Northern Song Dynasty, Hefei produced a kind of solid cake shaped like copper coins, called money cake, which was delicious. Zhang Desheng, a native of Hefei, was appointed as a pioneer by Zhu Yuanzhang at the end of Yuan Dynasty.

In order to prepare dry food, Zhang Desheng went to Hefei to make a big cake, called hemp cake, to pay for the water army, so the morale was greatly boosted, the Yuan army was defeated, and the natural barrier of quarrying was seized. Zhu Yuanzhang heard the news and called it victory cake. After Zhang Desheng's death, posthumous title Cai Guogong was also called Cai Guogong Cake.

In addition to the characteristics of thin skin, strong heart and delicious taste, the salt-pepper sesame cake also contains pepper and salt, which has become a special flavor of pure sweet, slightly hemp and slightly salty, and is a famous product in Sichuan.