To introduce Changzhou authentic food to foreigners, sesame cake is absolutely irresistible. Changzhou sesame cake, which has been rated as a provincial intangible cultural heritage, is the common memory of several generations of Changzhou people. Talking about the history of Changzhou sesame cake, it has been more than 130 years. It can be seemed as Changzhou’s business card. Having it as breakfast in the morning or snack in the afternoon, is the lifestyle of local people.
It’s very simple to make Changzhou sesame cake. First, thoroughly knead the dough, roll it out with a rolling pin, then make it a roll and repeat the second and third steps several times.
In this way, there will be many layers in the cake. It tastes soft and crisp and tastes good.It may fail if you repeat the steps overly.With tasty and salty stuffing, the cake will be brushed with syrup on its surface and sprinkled with sesame seeds.
Finally, it’s time to bake in the oven.In about three minutes, the sesame cake will come out.
Changzhou people pay attention to eating, so there are more pastry in sesame cake, which is called “crispy pancake”.There are three flavors of salty, sweet and spicy salt for customers to choose from.As soon as the qualified sesame cake is put out, it has a strong fragrance,a yellow and oily surface without scorch, and a moderate but not greasy saltiness and sweetness. The color, fragrance and taste are good, and the size is quite large, so Changzhou sesame cake in the eyes of outsiders is “extra large crispy pancake”.
In the past, Changzhou sesame cake was made for local people. Now, Chang Zhou sesame cake is beautifully packaged, and easy to carry, become a common gift for visiting relatives and friends.
