Almond cake is developed from mung bean cake. The main raw material is mung bean powder. It is called almond cake because it looks like almond.

Macaroons are a kind of mung bean cake, first created in 1918 by the Juxiang Garden in Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, China (now Zhongshan City), and later spread to Hong Kong, Macao and other places. It is a traditional Cantonese cake. The original macaroons were made from green beans and then made into almond-shaped cakes. A piece of sugar-cured pork was sandwiched between the cakes and baked to make mung bean cake. The macaroons are also named after their shape, and now they have been modified to become round cakes. There are also many different flavors, including vegetarian tastes. In the Macau area, almond cakes have become a kind of hand-letter gift, and many travelers will buy some homes in Macau. Almond cakes are also spread to Chinese communities in various countries, including the US Dahua Supermarket and Taipei 101 supermarkets.

In the late Ming and early Ming dynasties, it was also said that it was the end of the Qing dynasty, but the detailed time has not been verified. The clever people made mung bean patties with mung bean powder and fat pork slices, and gave gifts to friends and relatives for the holiday season. Delicious macaroons can't be made with a cake maker. It will be hard and hard to eat. It must be made by hand and knock. The cake will be authentic and the taste will be loose. The production principle is very simple, but the operation is Another thing is that if you don't master the skill, the almond cake will almost disappear every time you pull the mold out, so the skill and proficiency are very important.

Meat macaroons: 350 grams of mung bean powder, 200 grams of powdered sugar, 200 grams of pork, 150 grams of vegetable oil (or ghee), 50ML of water, sliced meat and roasted almonds, and the fat slices are marinated with sugar and a little wine overnight. Wash and drain with water before use; mix mung bean powder, powdered sugar and oil first, then add water to mix without powder. It is a cake (add almond chips to mix well and it is almond almond cake) Steps: Fill half of the powder in the cake mold, put the meat in the middle; then fill in the other half of the powder, scrape off the excess powder, and compact it with your hands, tapping with a wooden stick, carefully pour the cake The cake mold; then the almond cake is placed on the baking sheet (better effect with the grill), and baked at 150 degrees for about 25 minutes (the oven door should be half open when baking, just dry) The macaroons are ready, the method is actually simple, it is more suitable for friends who like to do it yourself, but the process needs to be properly mastered, otherwise it is difficult to make delicious macaroons.

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        According to legend, during the early period of the Yuan Dynasty, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty constantly charged the people with various kinds of complicated taxes. The people were oppressed and plundered more seriously. The uprisings throughout the country were endless. The most representative team was Zhu Yuanzhang. The commanding army, Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife, Markov, was a very intelligent person. In the early days of the uprising, because of the wars and chaos, the food was often not enough. The army had to run around and fight, in order to facilitate the sergeant to carry dry food, so Marx wanted Out of the things that can be eaten with wheat, mung beans, soybeans, etc., they are ground into powder, made into cakes, distributed to sergeants, not only easy to carry, but also can be eaten anytime, anywhere, and have greatly helped the marching war . Because the cakes made by such messy things are more difficult to eat, the smart people add on the basis of the cake, or reduce the raw materials, update the method, and finally find that the raw materials such as mung bean powder and pork are used for filling. The cake that came out was very delicious. The entrance to the cake was sweet and fragrant, chewing, fat and not greasy, which formed the ancestor of the almond cake!

       Another source is the end of the Qing dynasty, Xiangshan County (now Zhongshan City) has a scholarly family, family road sunset, economic tight. At the time of his mother's birthday, he is worried about the expenses of entertaining relatives and friends. His family's niece name Pan Yanxiang, self-combing woman, is smart, eager to learn, and usually has a good handicraft. She uses mung bean powder and is marinated with sugar. Fat pork slices, carefully made mung bean patties, worship to the old lady, the cake entrance is sweet and fragrant, chewing, fat but not greasy, with apricot fragrance, He Shou people eat together, praise. Later, the eater wrote a pen: "The cheeks are fragrant." Since then, the mung bean cake has been famous and renamed as "almond cake."