There are two main legends about the origin of the name of wife cake: the husband developed wife cake in order to redeem his wife, and the wife cake developed by Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife.

1. The husband developed wife cakes in order to redeem his wife

There are various legends about the origin of wife cakes. One widely circulated theory is: According to legend, there was a For a loving but poor couple, because the father was seriously ill and there was no medical treatment at home, the daughter-in-law had no choice but to sell herself to the landlord's house to earn money for the treatment of the father's illness. The husband who lost his wife was not discouraged and invented a delicious cake. Finally, he redeemed his wife with the profit from selling the cake and lived a happy life again. After this delicacy spread, it was called wife cake.

2. Wife cake developed by Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife

Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife Ma is a very smart person. In the early days of the peasant uprising led by Zhu Yuanzhang, because of the war at that time, food was often not enough. The army still had to travel around to fight. In order to make it easier for the sergeants to carry dry food, Ma came up with the idea of ??combining wheat, winter melon and other edible things, grinding them into powder, making cakes, and distributing them to the sergeants. It is easy to carry and can be eaten anytime and anywhere, which is of great help during marches and battles. That’s why the wife cake got its name.

Features of Wife Cake:

Wife Cake, a specialty snack originating from the Chaozhou area of ??Guangdong, is delicious and has been welcomed by many people. The authentic Wife Cake has a golden skin and a layer of dough inside. The layer of pastry is as thin as tissue paper and has a crispy texture. When you bite into it, there are crumbs all over the place, but every bite has a sweet and glutinous texture like honey.

The taste characteristics of wife cakes are loose and layered, and the filling made of glutinous rice flour tastes fragrant, sweet and soft. After years of dissemination and improvement in various places, the taste of wife cakes has also changed in many ways. , such as purple potato wife cake, bean paste wife cake, custard wife cake, coconut wife cake, etc. Various flavors emerge in endlessly, capturing the hearts of many diners.