Wufangzhai Cake Dumpling [Shanghai Specialty]

What is Wufangzhai Cake Dumpling? Authentic Shanghai Specialty: Wufangzhai Cake Dumplings

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Basic Introduction of Wufangzhai Cake Group

"Wufangzhai" Cake Group, a traditional Shanghai food, is produced by Shanghai "Wufangzhai" Cake Group Dim sum Shop. The selection of ingredients for its cake balls is meticulous, with a focus on using sugar. The main ingredients are glutinous rice and glutinous rice from Suzhou, Changzhou, and other real estate markets, with pine nuts, melon seeds, sesame seeds, red beans, and osmanthus flowers as auxiliary materials. Water milled flour is used, and different ingredient methods are emphasized for different varieties. It is also available on the market according to the season

The cakes and Dim sum of "Wufangzhai" are unique. Firstly, the materials used are exquisite and moderate. The Rice noodles for making cakes is made of white and tough japonica rice and glutinous rice produced in Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou and other places. Pine nut meat, melon seed meat, sesame seeds and other ingredients are all carefully selected and of the highest quality, while osmanthus flowers are made from fragrant aged osmanthus flowers. In addition, its production process is also very particular. First, the water milling powder is finely ground, and then pressed and drained. It is required to drain and keep Rice noodles soft. Different varieties have different ingredients. Generally, the cakes are made of seven li Rice noodles and three into japonica Rice noodles; Qingtuan is 80% glutinous rice flour and 20% japonica Rice noodles; Tangnian Cake is made of glutinous rice flour, which makes the cakes unique

Wufangzhai, known as "the king of Zongzi in the south of the Yangtze River", was founded in the eighth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (1858). Its founder was Mr. Zhang Jinquan, a native of Lanxi, Zhejiang Province, who was engaged in playing cotton. At first, he set up a stall to sell Zongzi at Haierqiaotou, North Street, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Later, the first "Rongji Wufangzhai" Zongzi store was opened in Jiaxing at the entrance of Zhangjia Alley at that time. Since Dim sum is made of five natural plants: rose, sesame, pine blossom, mint and osmanthus, it is named after them