Wife Cakes

Name: Wife Cakes (Loh Por Paeng )
Yield: Makes 35
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: fried rice flour; sugared winter melon strips; coconut; water; medium-gluten flour; zong garn fun; cooking oil; egg; olive seeds; larm yarn; low-gluten flour; dai garn fun; eggs; peanuts; olive oil; white sesame seeds; sugar; groundnuts; lard; gou fun

Loh Por Paeng

Preparation info

Makes
35

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Dim Sum

By Chan Chen Hei

Published 2005

About

The filling for these pastries used to be rich with lard, but today, olive oil and sugared melon strips are used instead.

Ingredients

Eggs	1, beaten
White sesame seeds

Asia
China
Pastry
Baking
Pie

Method

Combine filling ingredients to form a paste. Set aside.
Mix first dough ingredients to form a dough.
Mix second dough ingredients to form a dough.
Roll first dough out on a floured surface until it is large enough to enclose second dough. Place second dough in the middle of first dough and bring up the sides to enclose. Roll out combined dough