Wax gourd
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Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, dongah or Chinese preserving melon, is a species of gourd.
Benincasa hispida compose
Illustration (as the synonym Benincasa cerifera) in "Les plantes potagères" Vilmorin 1925
Winter melon plant in Cambodia
Nearly mature wax gourd
Sweetheart cake
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A sweetheart cake or wife cake or marriage pie is a traditional Chinese cake with a thin crust of flaky pastry, made with a filling of winter melon, almond paste, and sesame, and spiced with five spic
Wax gourd
…off the waxy coating. It is also chopped and candied as wintermelon candy (dōng guā táng), commonly eaten at New Year festivals, or as filling for Sweetheart cake (lǎopó bǐng). It has also been used as the base filling in Chinese and Taiwanese mooncakes for the Moon Festival. In Vietnamese cuisine, it is called…
Wifecake
Wife cake