What is the difference between Ejiao cake and Ejiao Guyuan cake?

The difference between Ejiao cake and Ejiao Guyuan cake is as follows:

In fact, Ejiao cake = Guyuan cake and glue paste = Guyuan paste. The key is a cake and cream! Literally, one is "cake" and the other is "paste". "Cake" mainly consists of cakes and snacks, which are casual and three-dimensional. "Ointment" focuses on curative effect and health care, and has the charm of traditional Chinese medicine. Its shape can be soft solid or liquid. Fupai Ejiao cake is packed in blocks, which is convenient to carry and eat, and Guyuan paste is pasty.

Similarities:

Ejiao cake and Guyuan paste are made by soaking and dissolving in yellow wine, and then adding nutrients such as walnuts, sesame seeds, medlar, red dates and rock sugar.

The difference between Ejiao cake and Guyuan paste;

First, the production method:

Ejiao cake: directly boiled in an iron pan, with less water consumption and relatively long shelf life, especially after adding vacuum packaging bags, the shelf life is generally six months to one year.

Guyuan ointment: Boiled in a pot and steamed in water. It is full of moisture and softness. The shelf life is only one to two weeks, so it needs to be kept in the refrigerator.

Second, from the formula:

The basic formula of Ejiao cake is: Ejiao, sesame, walnut, crystal sugar and yellow wine.

For the sake of beauty, sesame and walnut are generally not ground into powder. Similarly, for the sake of taste, the proportion of rock sugar will be higher, and it will be cooked directly in the pot. The formula of Guyuan ointment is: black sesame, crystal sugar, walnut kernel, wolfberry fruit, seedless jujube, yellow wine and donkey-hide gelatin.