The origin of the toro cake? What is Tuo Luo Cake?

It is said that there was a man named Luo Xing in Shilong City (Huazhou City) at that time, who was in his 20s and made cakes as a business, and carried homemade shortbread and knocked the gong to the streets of the city every day to sell, and the sound of selling and the sound of the gong dragged on for a long time. Over time, everyone called his cake "Tuoluo (gong) cake". Then until the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, there is a saying in Maoming Huazhou that if you don't eat orange island cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival, you will spend the Mid-Autumn Festival in vain.

Tuoluo cake is a famous traditional snack in Huazhou, Guangdong, the main ingredients are shredded coconut, white wuren, etc., and the auxiliary materials are sugar, and the taste is sweet. The color of the tuoluo cake is golden, the shape is like the bright moon, the skin is crispy and crispy, the filling is soft and sweet, the meat is mellow, refreshing and not greasy, the taste is incomparably beautiful, the teeth and cheeks are fragrant after eating, and they never get tired of eating, which is amazing.

The origin of the toro cake?

Su Dongpo was exiled to Huizhou, and during the period of changing to Danzhou, Hainan, he had a close correspondence with his younger brother Su Zhe, who was resettled in Leizhou and moved to another state, and he missed him deeply.

On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in the second year of Yuanfu (1099), Su Shi thought of his younger brother and crossed the sea from Hainan, bringing Hainan special coconut to Huazhou to reunite with Su Zhe. On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Su Zhe's wife bought back the local pig pork belly from the market and made the pork belly with the secret curing method of Huazhou. Then he took the coconut meat brought by Su Shi from Hainan and made it into shreds, and then took out the villagers to give it to himself, and the nuts that he had been reluctant to eat were fried and crispy.

Then the marinated pork belly is grilled over charcoal until fragrant and diced (because this kind of barbecued meat is roasted with an iron fork, the meat has a unique aroma, and later became a famous traditional barbecued pork in Huazhou) and shredded coconut, nuts, pomelo peel and a small amount of spices are used to make the filling.

At dinner, Su Zhe's wife took out the prepared baked cakes to Su Dongpo and Su Zhe's brothers. Su Dongpo took a baked cake and ate it, when he ate the second bite, Su Dongpo slowed down the action of chewing the baked cake, Su Zhe asked the eldest brother what was going on, Su Dongpo said: "This baked cake tastes mixed with the unique aroma of roast meat and the light orange fragrance of the roast crust in the thick coconut fragrance, showing a feeling of full fragrance and endless aftertaste."

After listening to Su Zhe's random patting, he brought a baked cake and tasted it, and sure enough, as Su Dongpo said, the fragrance of this cake is very unique, which is beyond the reach of other cakes.

Su Dongpo said that this was the most delicious cake he had eaten from north to south in his life, so he called Su Zhe a name. Su Zhe thought of the ups and downs of his eldest brother's life, because of the "Wutai Poetry Case", the court was repeatedly degraded for the crime of snares, and his wish was that the eldest brother could be rehabilitated and return to the Central Plains as soon as possible to reunite with his family. Thinking of this, Su Zhe said, "I hope that the eldest brother can drag away the snare and get Zhaoxue, and our brothers will gather on the side of the Luojiang River to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, so let's call it 'Tuoluo Cake'."

Su Dongpo laughed and said: "The name is good, the name is auspicious, tonight I will take the 'Tuoluo Cake' to enjoy the moon and celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival!" After speaking, Su Dongpo took advantage of the opportunity to pick up the pen and ink and inscribed the three big characters "Tuoluo Cake".

Since then, every year in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people of Huazhou have put on the tuoluo cake to commemorate Su Dongpo and Su Zhe brothers.

Huazhou coconut shredded tuoluo cake was rated as "Guangdong Famous Snack" by Guangdong Cuisine Association. In the same year, it was rated as "Chinese Famous Snack" by the China Cuisine Association. In December 2011, Huazhou Tuoluo cake making technology was approved by the people of Guangdong Province as the "Guangdong Province Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Project", with the development of economy and society, it will be better protected, inherited and developed.

Since then, Tuoluo cake has become Huazhou's "famous brand moon cake".

In February 2012, "Huazhou Tuoluo Cake Making Technique" was approved by the people of Guangdong Province as the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage. In 2014, it applied for and obtained the protection of geographical indication products of "Huazhou Tuoluo Cake Township".

The difference between Tuo Luo cake and moon cake is: different origins, different main raw materials, and different tastes.

First, the origin is different.

1. Tuoluo cake: Tuoluo cake is a famous traditional snack in Huazhou, Guangdong.

2. Moon cakes: Moon cakes are the seasonal food of the Mid-Autumn Festival in China.

Second, the main raw materials are different.

1. Tuoluo cake: The main raw materials of tuoluo cake are shredded coconut, white wood, sugar, etc.

2. Moon cakes: the main raw materials of moon cakes are flour, eggs, sugar, food additives, various fillings, additives, etc.

Third, the taste is different.

1. Tuoluo cake: Tuoluo cake is golden in color, resembles a bright moon, crispy and fragrant skin, soft and sweet filling, mellow meat, refreshing and not greasy.

2. Moon cakes: moon cakes are exquisite in appearance, thin and soft skin, layered on top of each other, heavy oil but not greasy, sweet and salty.

Tuoluo cake is a famous Han snack specialty in Huazhou City, Guangdong, and is famous in western Guangdong for its exquisite production skills and unique taste and flavor. Eat it during the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is equivalent to moon cakes, and there are no common Guangdong moon cakes in Huazhou before, so you can eat tuoluo cakes for the festival; In modern times, Tuoluo cake is also more popular than moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes are used for gifts, and they will still choose Tuoluo cakes for home consumption. In 2012, Huazhou Tuoluo cake was included in the fourth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage list.

Huazhou Tuoluo cake originated from the Tang Dynasty Zhenguan period, according to legend, there was a man named Luo Xing in Shilong City (Huazhou City) at that time, more than 20 years old to make cakes as a business, every day with homemade shortbread knocking on the gong to the city along the street to sell, the sound of selling and the sound of the gong dragged on for a particularly long time. Over time, everyone called his cake "Tuoluo (gong) cake". During the Tang Dynasty, it was a peaceful and prosperous era, the water and land transportation was relatively developed, the coconut of Hainan was introduced into the mainland, Luo Xing was ingenious, taught the apprentices to pass on the art, guided the neighbors to choose high-quality flour and sugar as the main ingredients, and used the high-quality shredded coconut, barbecued pork, Wu Ren, etc. as fillings, and made a unique "Tuoluo cake" with Huazhou characteristics.

The pie crust is thin, filling, crispy, fragrant, and beautiful, and it is particularly delicious and easy to sell. In 1097, Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, was demoted to Hainan, and made a special detour to Huazhou to taste Tuoluo cake and then go to Hainan. After eating, he was full of praise, saying that "small cakes are like chewing the moon, and there is crispy and pleasant".

In 1662, Chen Jian, a Lingnan genius in the late Ming Dynasty, also left a Mid-Autumn Festival poem praising Tuoluo cake "Love deep cakes look at each other, gongs sound and people are reunited". After the Qing Dynasty, the folk of western Guangdong have spread the reputation of Huazhou Tuoluo cake, saying: "If you don't eat Tuoluo cake in the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will be in vain to taste all the flavors."

Tuoluo cake is a famous Han snack in Huazhou, Guangdong, eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival, equivalent to moon cakes, there was no common Guangdong moon cake in Huazhou before, it is to eat Tuoluo cake for the festival; Now, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon cake is also more popular than the moon cake, which is used for gifts, and the family will still choose the moon cake.

Because legend has it that the people who sold this cake were beating the gong and shouting, so the people gave the title of dragging (gong) cake, which has evolved to this day.