Taiwan Province Snacks pineapple cake

According to legend, pineapple cake originated in the Three Kingdoms period, and its pronunciation of pineapple in Minnan dialect is also called "Wanglai", which symbolizes the meaning of future generations. Pineapple is also a common tribute to people in Taiwan Province province, which means "prosperous coming", so it is widely used in contemporary wedding customs in Taiwan Province province and is deeply loved by the people.

Pineapple cake's stuffing is not just pineapple. Wax gourd is usually added for taste, which is the habit of most people. In recent years, health care has become popular, and pineapple cake with different flavors such as whole grains, pine nuts, egg yolks and chestnuts can be bought in the Taipei market. Oats and other ingredients are also added to the crust, which makes the taste more diverse. Some people used other fruits as fillings and invented things such as melon crisp, plum crisp and sour plum crisp.

History and culture

According to legend, during the Three Kingdoms period (AD 220-280), Liu Bei married Sun Quan's sister with a wedding cake made of pineapple stuffing.

In the wedding custom of Taiwan Province Province, the six flavors of ordering wedding cakes represent six kinds of gifts. One kind of pineapple is pronounced "Wanglai" in Minnan dialect, which symbolizes the meaning of future generations. Pineapple is also a common tribute worshipped by the people of Taiwan Province Province, meaning "Wanglai" and is deeply loved by the people.

Early pineapple cake was too big for ordinary people to afford. Nearly a hundred years ago, Fu Yanping, a pastry chef in Taichung County, often carried the burden and brought his own "Dragon and Phoenix Cake" to Taichung for sale. The original "dragon cake" is a big round cake with meat stuffing, while the "phoenix cake" of the same size is pineapple stuffing. "Dragon and Phoenix Cake" is considered as an essential wedding cake for engagement and marriage because of its auspicious meaning.

Later, after the improvement of Yan vase, the egg cake was reduced to a beautiful cake of about 25 to100g each, and pineapple cake was born.

Later, it evolved into a modern "pineapple cake" made of western-style pie crust and China pineapple stuffing. Because the skin is soft, the pineapple stuffing is sweet but not greasy. This "combination of Chinese and Western" pineapple cake has been praised by western Renye Fang, so it has gradually become one of the favorite gifts of foreign tourists in Taiwan Province Province. There are some differences between pineapple cake and Phoenix Crisp. Pineapple cake is sweet, and Phoenix Crisp is salty and sweet. Among them, it is better to add some salted egg yolk on the basis of pineapple and melon stuffing.

working methods

Ingredients: Taiwan Province southern pineapple (Guanmiao pineapple) wheat flour, plant cream, egg yolk, sugar, creamer, salt, β -carotene

Exercise:

Construction method 1 ─ "stuffing"

Fresh pineapple and pure malt are mixed to form a smooth and non-sticky filling;

Method 2-"crispy skin"

Fermented natural cream, with more than 20 kinds of raw materials such as eggs,

12 hours later, it was kneaded into a crust.

Method 3- "Proportion"

The stuffing is hand-kneaded in the golden ratio of 2: 3.

Method 4- "Baking"

150℃ high temperature 10 min, 130℃ low temperature for 40 min, and baked into golden yellow appearance.

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