Wife cake is a traditional snack in the Chaozhou area of ??Guangdong made with sugared winter melon, wheat flour, cake flour, caramel, sesame and other ingredients as the main raw materials. So do netizens know what are the allusions and legends about wife cakes? Let’s find out together below. Wife Cake

1. According to legend, there is a time-honored teahouse in Guangzhou that was founded in the late Qing Dynasty. It is famous for its various dim sum and cakes. One day, a dim sum chef from Chaozhou in the tea house took over the shop. He brought all kinds of signature tea snacks in the restaurant to his wife to eat. Unexpectedly, after eating, his wife not only did not praise the delicious snacks in the store, but even said with disgust: "The snacks in the teahouse are so bland and different. It’s comparable to my parents’ dim sum, the winter melon wedges!”

2. After hearing this, the chef was naturally unconvinced and asked his wife to make “winter melon wedges” for him to try! My wife used winter melon puree, sugar and flour to make a uniquely browned "winter melon corner". When the Teochew chef ate it, the flavor was indeed sweet and delicious, and he couldn't help praising his wife's ancestral dim sum!

3. The next day, this Chaozhou chef brought the "winter melon corner" back to the teahouse for everyone to taste. After eating, the teahouse owner was full of praises and asked who made it and which teahouse made it. Desserts? The chefs said: "It was made by a Chaozhou wife!" So the boss casually said it was a "Teochew wife cake" and asked the Chaozhou master to improve it and sell it in the teahouse. The result was a great success! Hence the name "Wife Cake".

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