Where does Yuanjiang sesame seed cake belong?

Yuanjiang sesame seed cake ranks first among the "four famous cakes" in Hunan (Xiangtan wick cake, Xiangxiang sesame seed cake and Ningxiang Amomum cake) and has a special position in the minds of local people. Once upon a time, folk Sang Song: "The water in Houhu is Chen Yisheng's daughter;" Chicken and wolf in Jinlin, sesame seed cake in Chang. " The water in Houhu Lake is the water for making sesame cakes. It is said that all the daughters of Chen Yisheng's family are beautiful. Jilanghao is a local brush, and the sesame cake named "_ Chang" is the most famous.

According to historical records, sesame seed cake was produced in 182 1 year and was created by Yuanjiang people. Using black glutinous rice, sesame and sucrose in Dongting Lake area as main raw materials, it is processed by 10 multiple production processes. The product is crisp and sweet, with a history of nearly 200 years.

Xu said that in the long history, the most prominent one is the Chinese time-honored brand "_ Chang".

19 1 1 year, Yuanjiang established the county business Federation. Local businessman Jindishan raised 10,000 yuan to set up "_ Chang", hired famous teachers to make baked cakes professionally, specified the length, width and thickness of the slices, and added a blue eyebrow sign in the center of the slices as a typical sign of "_ Chang" brand baked cakes. Influenced by the abolition of the imperial system and the promotion of democracy at that time, "_ Chang" means "_ people's livelihood, prosperity and prosperity", and there are businesses in front of and behind the store.

"_ Chang" was a famous pastry workshop in Yuanjiang County long before its listing. After the establishment of "_ Chang", Qian Min Zhai and Wang Yunshou, pastry chefs from Yuanjiang, were hired to make sesame cakes, and the formula, manufacturing technology and packaging of sesame cakes were completely innovated. The newly-created "_ Chang" sesame cake used the best "soft candy" at that time, with local high-quality glutinous rice and sesame as the main raw materials. After several technical processes, the traditional wooden box molding was changed to metal box molding, and the thickness of the piece was changed from 5 mm to 3 mm to 1.6 mm, and the words "_ Chang sesame cake" were printed on the package.

Due to the developed land and water transportation, Yuanjiang has always been an important material distribution center in Dongting Lake area, where merchants gather. Before the founding of New China, it was called "Little Nanjing". The reconstructed "_ Chang" sesame cake product is light yellow in color, fine in powder, sweet and dry, crisp and refreshing, instant in mouth, regular in shape, beautifully packaged and eye-catching. It became famous in the surrounding areas of Dongting Lake for a time, and its sales volume increased greatly, and its word of mouth spread all over the province.