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	\| pinyin = Lǎopó bǐng		\| pinyin = Lǎopó bǐng
	\| type = Pastry		\| type = Pastry
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	\| country = China		\| country = China
	\| region = Guangdong (Cantonese)		\| region = Guangdong (Cantonese); Hong Kong bakery culture
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	'''Wife Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 老婆饼; Traditional Chinese: 老婆餅; Pinyin: ''Lǎopó bǐng''; also ~~"sweetheart cake"~~) is a Cantonese bakery pastry with a flaky crust and translucent sweet winter-melon ~~(or similar)~~ paste ~~filling—a classic~~ of [[Guangdong Food]] pastry ~~shops~~.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_cake English Wikipedia]</ref>		'''Wife Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 老婆饼; Traditional Chinese: 老婆餅; Pinyin: ''Lǎopó bǐng''; also “sweetheart cake”) is a Cantonese bakery pastry with a thin flaky crust and a translucent sweet winter-melon paste filling, often rounded with sesame and almond notes. It is a standard item of [[Guangdong Food]] pastry counters and a familiar takeaway in [[Hong Kong Food]] bakeries; English “wife cake” tracks the colloquial sense of 老婆 rather than a literal “old lady cake.”<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_cake English Wikipedia: Wife cake / Sweetheart cake]</ref>

	== Characteristics ==		== Characteristics ==

	~~Layered shortcrust or puff-like exterior~~; filling is mildly sweet and ~~slightly sticky~~. ~~Sold individually in Chinese bakeries~~.		Round, pale pastry with delicate layered crust that shatters lightly when bitten; the filling is mildly sweet, sticky-soft, and pale translucent rather than dark bean-paste brown. Soft bakery cues mention sesame seeds on top and a not-too-greasy crumb. Soft contrast with [[Mooncake]]: wife cake is usually smaller, everyday, and winter-melon based, not lotus-seed banquet mooncake. Soft quality writing prizes shatter layers without oil soak-through and filling that is fragrant without raw starch taste.

	== Ingredients (overview) ==		== Ingredients (overview) ==

	Wheat pastry dough, winter melon paste, sugar~~, oil~~ or ~~lard,~~ sesame optional. ~~Folklore origin stories vary; treat as pastry tradition rather than dated legend~~.		Wheat pastry dough (often water–oil laminated short/flaky style); winter-melon paste cooked down with sugar; glutinous-rice flour or similar binders in some formulas; sesame; optional almond paste and five-spice accents.<ref name="wp" /> Overview only—not a recipe.

	== History and culture ==		== History and culture ==

	Cantonese bakery ~~staple also popular in~~ Hong Kong ~~and diaspora shops~~; ~~related~~ pastry ~~culture includes [~~[~~Mooncake]~~] and ~~pineapple buns on snack hubs~~.		Soft consensus places the pastry in Guangdong Cantonese bakery tradition; Hong Kong writing often highlights Yuen Long as a district where wife cake became a specialty souvenir, without requiring any single shop to be treated as sole inventor.<ref name="wp" /> Multiple origin stories—a husband baking to redeem a wife sold for medicine; a dim-sum chef naming his wife’s winter-melon pastry; other gratitude-to-wife folk tales—circulate widely and should be labeled '''folk/disputed''', not dated hard history.<ref name="wp" /><ref name="hh">[https://www.hangheung.com.hk/blogs/2bakery/history-wifecake-sweetheartcake Hang Heung Cake Shop blog: wife-cake origin stories (shop-claim folklore)]</ref> Soft craft note: Guangzhou municipal intangible-heritage listings have recognized Cantonese wife-cake making technique in recent years—useful as a craft-status signal, not as proof of a single legend. Soft diaspora bakeries across Southeast Asia and Chinatowns keep the name and winter-melon core while adjusting sweetness.

	== Serving and variations ==		== Serving and variations ==

	Room-temperature pastry with tea. See [[Guangdong Food]], [[~~Mooncake~~]], and [[~~Pineapple Bun~~]].		Room-temperature pastry with tea; soft gift tins for travel. Soft filling variations (coconut, durian marketing editions) appear in modern bakeries—treat as contemporary product lines. Soft peers on Cantonese snack shelves include [[Pineapple Bun]], [[Egg Tart]], and festival [[Mooncake]]. See [[Guangdong Food]], [[Hong Kong Food]], and [[Chinese Snack]].

	== See also ==		== See also ==
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	* [[Mooncake]]		* [[Mooncake]]
	* [[Pineapple Bun]]		* [[Pineapple Bun]]
			* [[Egg Tart]]
	* [[Chinese Snack]]		* [[Chinese Snack]]
	* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]		* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

	== References ==		== References ==
			{{Reflist}}
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{{Infobox chinese food
| image = Wife Cake.jpg
| caption = Wife Cake
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| region = Guangdong (Cantonese)
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'''Wife Cake''' (Simplified Chinese: 老婆饼; Traditional Chinese: 老婆餅; Pinyin: ''Lǎopó bǐng''; also "sweetheart cake") is a Cantonese bakery pastry with a flaky crust and translucent sweet winter-melon (or similar) paste filling—a classic of [[Guangdong Food]] pastry shops.<ref name="wp">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wife_cake English Wikipedia]</ref>

== Characteristics ==

Layered shortcrust or puff-like exterior; filling is mildly sweet and slightly sticky. Sold individually in Chinese bakeries.

== Ingredients (overview) ==

Wheat pastry dough, winter melon paste, sugar, oil or lard, sesame optional. Folklore origin stories vary; treat as pastry tradition rather than dated legend.

== History and culture ==

Cantonese bakery staple also popular in Hong Kong and diaspora shops; related pastry culture includes [[Mooncake]] and pineapple buns on snack hubs.

== Serving and variations ==

Room-temperature pastry with tea. See [[Guangdong Food]], [[Mooncake]], and [[Pineapple Bun]].

== See also ==

* [[Guangdong Food]]
* [[Hong Kong Food]]
* [[Mooncake]]
* [[Pineapple Bun]]
* [[Chinese Snack]]
* [[List of dishes (A-Z)]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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