First of all, the old lady's cake in Lianxianglou tastes crisp and the skin is golden and attractive. Its invagination is mainly lotus seed paste and red bean paste, with delicate stuffing and rich taste, which makes people have an endless aftertaste. Secondly, Hengxiang old lady cake pays more attention to the taste and mouthfeel of stuffing, with sesame, jujube paste and almond as the main flavors, giving people rich taste and satisfaction.

Lianxianglou is a Guangzhou store, located in Shifu Road, Liwan District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province. It was founded in the 15th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1889), with a history of 130 years. In the early days, it was the Lotus sweet cake Crisp Restaurant, which specializes in pastry and delicious food in Chengxiguan, Guangzhou. In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu (1908), it was acquired by Tan Xinyi, the "king of teahouses" in Guangzhou and named "Lianxiang Teahouse".

In the second year (19 10), Chen, a scholar of Hanlin, proposed adding the prefix "Lian" before the word "Lian Xiang Lou" as a signboard. Lianxianglou is also the origin of Cantonese-style moon cakes, and Lianrong moon cakes were first created by Lianxianglou in Guangzhou.

The home-cooked method of old lady's cake

Ingredients: common flour 150g, sugar powder 30g, lard 30g, water 70g, low-gluten flour 120g, lard 60g, sugar 60g, salad oil 15g, coconut milk 10g, white sesame 10g, cake powder.

1, Shui Pi comes first, and Shui Pi takes a long time. Mix Shui Pi ingredients into dough, knead until the dough surface is smooth and elastic, and wrap it with plastic wrap at room temperature 1 hour. Then mix the oily skin materials, knead them into dough by hand, and simmer for 30 minutes.

2. Make stuffing, stir salad oil and sugar with half water until the sugar melts, then add coconut and sesame seeds. When adding glutinous rice flour, stir while adding, and add the remaining half of the water according to the wet and dry conditions. Stir well with chopsticks, then add wax gourd sauce and knead it into a ball by hand.

3. Divide the awakened Shui Pi and oil skin into small doses of 12, and the stuffing is also divided into 12. Put the water bag into the oil skin, flatten it, roll it up from one end after it is long, flatten both ends and fold it in half.

4. flatten it again, roll it slightly, wrap the stuffing and seal it, and roll it into a cake.

5. Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. The baking tray can be covered with oil paper or oil cloth to prevent adhesion. Brush a layer of egg yolk liquid on the surface of the cake, sprinkle some sesame seeds, make two cuts on the cake with a knife to prevent it from bulging when baking, and bake it in the middle and upper layers of the oven for about 20 minutes.

Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Lianxianglou