Sep 19, 2020 · We will be making the Hong Kong style wife cake which has a sweet winter melon inside the filling. The sweet winter melon adds a nice texture to the pastry. Scroll down to...
Nov 10, 2023 · A Wife Cake, or lao po bing (lǎopó bìng in Mandarin or lou po beng—pronounced more like “baeng“—in Cantonese – 老婆饼), is a Chinese dessert with a flaky pastry crust and a sweet winter...
Aug 3, 2020 · Put the fresh winter melon in a small pan and cook if on medium-small fire for approx 3 minutes (the 3 minutes timer should start after it started boiling). Add sugar, salt and butter,...
Apr 5, 2020 · The name ‘wife cake’ stuck. Legend has it that when the winter-melon puffs made by a woman in Guangdong province were highly praised in public, her husband proudly declared...
Jan 5, 2015 · Happy New Year, everyone! My first post for 2015 is 'Wife Biscuit' aka 'Lo Por Paeng', a soft and flaky pastry with winter melon filling which is a very popular delicacy in...
Sep 11, 2014 · “A sweetheart cake or wife cake is a traditional Cantonese pastry with flaky and thin skin made with winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spice powder). “...













