Jan 9, 2023 · These wife cakes, also known as lou5 po4 beng2 in Cantonese, are made of flaky pastry and chewy wintermelon filling! These gently sweet treats are typically served around Lunar New...
Feb 21, 2024 · Wife cake or sweetheart cake is the perfect pastry to pair with your hot tea or coffee. Similar to my Chinese sesame flatbread recipe, wife cake is flaky and chewy thanks to its two...
Jun 28, 2020 · “Wife cake" is the translation of lou po beng from Cantonese, and although the meaning is "wife", the literal translation is "old lady cake", paralleling the colloquial usage of...
Mar 2, 2021 · Learn how to make this Cantonese-style flaky pastry filled with sweet, slightly chewy, and nutty filling. Step-by-step instructions with photos are included. Lau Po Bing is one of my...
Feb 2, 2018 · This search led me further afield to the intriguingly named “Wife Cake” (aka Sweetheart Cake). Wife cake is a traditional Chinese cake, made with a flaky pastry surrounding a sweet,...
Sep 19, 2020 · Flaky pastry filled with a sweet chewy filling made with glutinous rice flour, sesame seeds and pieces of wintermelon. Lao Po Bing - 老婆饼, literally translated it means wife cake....













