There are two theories about the origin of wife cake:

According to legend, there is a time-honored teahouse in Guangzhou that was founded in the late Qing Dynasty and is famous for its various snacks and cakes; one day, the teahouse A dim sum chef from Chaozhou brought home a variety of the shop’s signature snacks for his wife to eat. Unexpectedly, after his wife ate them, not only did she not praise the delicious snacks in the shop, she even said in disgust: " The dim sum at the teahouse was so bland, nothing comparable to my parents’ dim sum, winter melon wedges. "

After hearing this, the chef was naturally unconvinced and asked his wife to make "winter melon wedges." Give him a taste. My wife used winter melon puree, sugar and flour to make a uniquely browned "winter melon wedge"; 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.

The next day, this Teochew 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 this dim sum and which teahouse. , the chefs said: "It was made by a Chaozhou wife." So the boss casually said it was a "Chaozhou wife cake" and asked the Chaozhou master to improve it and sell it in the teahouse, and it was well received. Hence the name "Wife Cake".

According to legend, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty continued to collect various taxes from the people. The people were severely oppressed and plundered. There were endless uprisings across the country, among which the most One of the teams represented was the uprising army led by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang’s wife Ma was a very smart person. In the early days of the uprising, because there were raging wars and food was often insufficient, the army had to travel around to fight. In order to facilitate the sergeants To carry dry food, Ma came up with the idea of ??mixing wheat, winter melon and other edible things together, grinding them into powder, making them into cakes, and distributed them to the sergeants. Not only was it easy to carry, but they could also be eaten anytime and anywhere, and they were useful for marching. It was of great help. Because the cake made from such a mess of things was unpalatable, smart people updated the method based on this kind of cake. Finally, people discovered that sugared winter melon, wheat flour, cake flour, maltose, sesame and other raw materials were used to make fillings. The cakes made are very delicious, sweet and fragrant. This is the ancestor of wife cakes.

Wife Cake

Wife Cake is a characteristic 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. . It is the most well-known type of Guangdong Chaozhou-style mooncake that uses the least ingredients, is the simplest in workmanship, and is the most well-known.

Original from Guangdong Chaozhou dim sum wife cake, the outer skin is baked into an attractive golden color, and the layers of pastry inside are as thin as tissue paper, so crispy that when you bite into it, the crumbs fall all over the floor. , you can taste the honey-like sweetness in every bite.