Super Flaky Wife Cake/ Sweetheart Cake Recipe 老婆饼

Wife cake/sweetheart cake / Lao Po Bing / 老婆饼 is a popular traditional Chinese pastry. The secret to the super flaky pastry is how to make the water dough and lard dough. Most importantly, how to laminate the dough sheets. This method features bulking pastry making, which saves your time significantly. Happy baking!

Water Dough:
all-purpose flour 60g
cake flour 40g
sugar 12g
lard 30g
water 40g

Lard Dough:
cake flour 80g
lard 40g

Fillings:
winter melon 240g (peeled and deseeded)
sugar 55g
lard 12g
white sesame 10g
shredded coconut 14g
roasted glutinous rice flour 50g

Others:
white sesame seeds 18g
egg yolk 1

Wife cake, sweetheart cake, Lao Po Bing, 老婆饼, pastry