[Explanation] Huang Zhiying is a representative inheritor of Liuzhou city-level intangible cultural heritage (Liucheng cloud cake making skills) in Guangxi.
From 1990 to the present for more than 30 years, she has been constantly researching new technologies and new flavors.
In recent years, the public's health concept has begun to change, and they are gradually pursuing a low-sugar diet. Huang Zhiying has developed a low-sugar flavor formula, which has been welcomed by the market. The Liucheng cloud cake with a history of more than 200 years has been reborn.
Recently, Huang Zhiying reenacted the hand-made cloud cake at her home in Fengshan Town, Liucheng County, Liuzhou City, and told the entrepreneurial story of herself and the cloud cake.
[Concurrent] Huang Zhiying, the representative inheritor of Liucheng cloud cake making skills
I learned how to make cloud cakes from my grandmother. I am the third generation inheritor. I have been making cloud cakes for more than 30 years. Since 1990, my grandma and the others have made them for decades. (To make money) is to make this cloud cake.
At that time, I worked in the company for more than 100 yuan a month, so I wanted to produce and make (cloud sliced cake) myself.
[Explanation] Seeing the benefits of cloud cakes, Huang Zhiying resigned from the company and learned traditional cloud cake making skills from his grandmother.
[Concurrent] Huang Zhiying, the representative inheritor of Liucheng cloud cake making skills
The cloud cake is mainly fried glutinous rice, and then boiled with sugar.
After frying the glutinous rice and making it into cake powder, store it for a period of time, then boil white sugar and boil it into soft white sugar.
When buying glutinous rice, you should choose a better one, preferably big glutinous rice. You should also use sand and oil to fry it. Rice fried without sand (heat) is not even. It is also very important to use lard. It turns out that other oils, like peanut oil, do not coagulate as well as lard.
[Explanation] While using traditional raw materials to make, Huang Zhiying also continuously improved the formula to keep the taste and taste of Liucheng cloud cakes in line with the trend, and extended the shelf life of cloud cakes from 3 days to 60 days. Liucheng County went all over the country.
[Concurrent] Huang Zhiying, the representative inheritor of Liucheng cloud cake making skills
(Customers) have all reported that this candy is too sweet, too sweet and too greasy. Now what we do is mainly soft and not sweet. Nowadays, people mainly eat less sugar, and most people do not dare to eat too much sugar. It is polysaccharide, so we have improved it now, trying to reduce the amount of this sugar as much as possible, and still trying to figure out whether we can make it sugar-free.
The main problem we face is that the shelf life is relatively short. In the past, people took it out for two or three days, and the taste was not good, so I didn't want to eat it. But after we improve the process, our current shelf life is two months, plus Now the logistics and express delivery are also fast, and they can be sold all over the country. The farthest we have gotten to the UK.
[Explanation] As a non-genetic inheritor, Huang Zhiying was invited to teach in colleges and universities while training his two sons to take over, and introduced the making process of cloud cakes to his disciples.
[Concurrent] Huang Zhiying, the representative inheritor of Liucheng cloud cake making skills
My youngest son is in charge of the internal affairs of the factory, and the eldest son is in charge of the outside sales, so I must teach them to do it, and not teach them what to do when we grow old.
The Forestry School (Guangxi Ecological Engineering Vocational and Technical College) is not a cake industry base (Guangxi Pastry Industry College), and they will come here to invite us to teach there, or teach the students there to make cloud cakes.
[Explanation] In recent years, the sales of Huang Zhiying's cloud cakes have become increasingly broad, and products are often in short supply at various exhibitions. Modern equipment has been introduced into the factory to increase production, with an annual output value of up to 3 million yuan.
[Concurrent] Huang Zhiying, the representative inheritor of Liucheng cloud cake making skills
To make cloud cakes, you must ensure the quality. They commented that they were delicious and wanted to eat them. I was happy, and it means that this product can be used.
Reported by Wang Yizhao from Liuzhou, Guangxi
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]