https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dessert/ a culinary genealogy Sat, 11 Nov 2023 01:37:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 https://thewoksoflife.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-TWOL-favicon-4-32x32.png https://thewoksoflife.com/category/recipes/dessert/ 32 32 https://thewoksoflife.com/wife-cake-lao-po-bing/ https://thewoksoflife.com/wife-cake-lao-po-bing/#comments Fri, 10 Nov 2023 06:16:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75989 A Wife Cake, or lao po bing (lǎopó bìng in Mandarin or lou po beng—pronounced more like “baeng“—in Cantonese – 老婆饼), is a Chinese dessert with a flaky pastry crust and a sweet winter melon filling.  It is a Cantonese treat, which can be found as a shadow of their former selves in most Chinese ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/wife-cake-lao-po-bing/feed/ 7 https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/ https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/#comments Mon, 23 Oct 2023 05:28:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75844 Today we have another recipe in our postpartum series—a lightly sweet postpartum porridge made with 7 nourishing Chinese ingredients. In Chinese, the porridge is called yuè zi zhōu (月子粥) which roughly translates to postpartum confinement porridge, and it’s especially meant for the first month after giving birth!  Give Chinese Dessert Soups a Try!  To be ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/chinese-postpartum-confinement-porridge/feed/ 10 https://thewoksoflife.com/pecan-pie-mooncakes/ https://thewoksoflife.com/pecan-pie-mooncakes/#comments Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:20:30 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=75811 Today, we’re coming to you with a new mooncake recipe for the Mid-Autumn Festival! This one is a bit non-traditional. We’re making Pecan Pie Mooncakes!  This recipe is for all of you out there who think you don’t like mooncakes or who want to try making them for the first time. The flavors are deliciously ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pecan-pie-mooncakes/feed/ 22 https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/ https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:51:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=69677 This taro sago (tapioca) dessert soup is a tasty and lightly sweet end to any Chinese meal. It’s also fairly simple to make, with just water and 8 other ingredients.  It freezes well too, so you can make a big batch and save some in pint or quart containers for a quick and easy dessert ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/taro-sago-dessert-soup/feed/ 23 https://thewoksoflife.com/jasmine-shortbread-cookies/ https://thewoksoflife.com/jasmine-shortbread-cookies/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2022 05:29:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=69387 These buttery jasmine shortbread cookies are subtly flavored with ground jasmine tea leaves,  making them the perfect complement for a hot cup of tea on a cold winter day.  Note: We partnered with Frontier Co-op to bring you this Jasmine Shortbread Cookie recipe. As always on  The Woks of Life, all opinions are our own. Enjoy! Let ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/jasmine-shortbread-cookies/feed/ 19 https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-mooncakes-red-bean-paste/ https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-mooncakes-red-bean-paste/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2022 14:48:25 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=66348 This is a classic Chinese mooncake recipe with a red bean paste filling. While mooncakes do take time and effort to make, the flavor of homemade mooncakes is so much better than store-bought (and much less expensive!). We make our own mooncakes every year for the Mid-Autumn Festival. Try this recipe once, and it may ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/classic-mooncakes-red-bean-paste/feed/ 34 https://thewoksoflife.com/mango-pudding/ https://thewoksoflife.com/mango-pudding/#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:35:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=64679 Mango pudding (pronounced, mángguǒ bùdīng in Mandarin, or mong guo bo ding in Cantonese) is a refreshing and lightly sweet dessert. It has just five ingredients, which let the mango flavor shine through. A refreshing treat for the hot summer days to come, we’ve been enjoying it after long afternoons working in the garden!  Let’s ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/mango-pudding/feed/ 46 https://thewoksoflife.com/fa-gao-chinese-prosperity-cake/ https://thewoksoflife.com/fa-gao-chinese-prosperity-cake/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2022 05:01:00 +0000 https://thewoksoflife.com/?p=61862 Chinese Fa Gao (fāgāo – 发糕), also known as prosperity cake or fortune cake, is a common sight around Chinese New Year. It’s also served at other holidays, ceremonial events, and weddings. This fa gao recipe will walk you through how to make it.  Finally, a Fa Gao Recipe! This is a recipe that I’ve ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/fa-gao-chinese-prosperity-cake/feed/ 50 https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-tres-leches-cake/ https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-tres-leches-cake/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:01:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=16036 As any long-time reader knows, we have a healthy obsession with pumpkin, as evidenced by our wide and varied uses of it every time fall rolls around, from glazed pumpkin scones to pumpkin english muffins. This pumpkin tres leches cake, however, may be the best recipe of them all. Note: This recipe was originally published in October ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/pumpkin-tres-leches-cake/feed/ 149 https://thewoksoflife.com/apple-cinnamon-coffee-cake/ https://thewoksoflife.com/apple-cinnamon-coffee-cake/#comments Thu, 07 Oct 2021 13:45:00 +0000 http://thewoksoflife.com/?p=2880 This Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake has all the moist, crumbly goodness of a coffee cake, with a sweet layer of soft, jammy apples that reminds me of apple pie.  If you have a couple apples that have gone a little past their prime or picked a few more last weekend than you bargained for, I ... View Post ]]> https://thewoksoflife.com/apple-cinnamon-coffee-cake/feed/ 101