◎Sole-shaped Baked Cake

The earliest history of Zaoqiang sole-shaped baked cake can be traced back to a man named Song Shanzhuang in the early years of the Republic of China.In the early 1980s,Zhang Shuxia,his niece-in-law,integrated the ancestral smoked meat craft into the sole-shaped baked cake,and invented sole-shaped baked cakes filled with meat,which have been very popular with customers.The main ingredients of sole-shaped baked cakes include fine flour,sesame paste,sesame oil,cumin,and meat soup,among which meat soup is boiled with seven kinds of traditional Chinese medicine added.The oven for sole-shaped baked cakes is specially designed with two layers.After the dough is made into a sole shape,it is first baked on the top layer,and then baked in the closed lower layer after it is 70% to 80% cooked to make its skin crispy.After being baked,the cakes are taken out,cut to form an opening,and filled with the meat that has been cooked,smoked,and dipped in the soup stock.Eat while they are hot,the cakes are crisp outside and soft inside,and leave the flavor in the mouth and on the lips for a long time.What a special taste they have!(https://www.daowen.com)