Where does Zhang Hu cake come from?

Zhang Hu sesame seed cake is a specialty of Zhang Hu Town, Yanping District, Nanping City, Fujian Province. Zhang Hu rice cakes are famous for their crispness, fragrance and taste.

Light cake is a crisp pasta, a round dry cake with sesame seeds on it and a hole in the middle. Crispy and attractive, and the price is quite cheap. Friends with good teeth can try it. According to historical records, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang, a national hero, led an army into Fujian to pursue the enemy. He doesn't want it to rain for several days, so the army can't make a fire. Qi Jiguang ordered him to bake a simple biscuit and hang it on the soldiers with hemp rope as dry food, which greatly facilitated the battle to destroy the enemy. Later, this kind of biscuit flowed into the people. Later generations felt that Qigong was pitiful, so they called this biscuit "light cake".

There are two kinds of light cakes in Sakamoto, Zhang Hu, namely: salty cakes with white sesame seeds on the surface, crispy cakes and crispy and delicious light salty cakes, which are called "light cakes" by the locals; Another kind of sugar (brown sugar) is a sweet cake with black sesame seeds on the surface. The cake can be baked well, and it tastes tender and delicious with a hint of sweetness. People call it "moisturizing"; There is also a kind of scone from light cake, which is five centimeters wide and has four hooves on the upper layer. Because of its horseshoe shape, it is called "water chestnut cake".

1991March 18, Zhang Hu Town held a new town relocation celebration. Comrade 1, then acting governor of Fujian Province, came here to celebrate and cut the ribbon. The local people took "Xiangguandou Fried Light Cake" as the first course, which was dedicated to our governor and guests from all directions, and it was also a much-told story for a while. All the old guests in Sakamoto, Zhang Hu, or those who leave after staying for a long time, will visit the "Fried Light Cake" when they come here again. This "local dish" often makes them linger. The procedure of "frying light cakes" is relatively simple, and the key lies in mastering the cooking temperature and the collocation of seasonings. When frying light cakes, first cut them into four pieces, put them in a hot oil pan and oil them. After the cake is saturated with oil, drain the oil for later use, stir-fry the beans in another pot, add the cooked light-colored cake and add seasoning to stir-fry.