Phu Thê Cake: The traditional Vietnamese wedding cake, Phu The. Phu means man and The means woman. The cake is wrapped in palm leaves in a Hue market
Phu Thê Cake: The traditional Vietnamese wedding cake, Phu The. Phu means man and The means woman. The cake is wrapped in palm leaves in a Hue marketLucas Jans (https://www.flickr.com/people/21077715@N00) from USA — Phu The - Wedding Cake (https://www.flickr.com/photos/21077715@N00/197185971/) via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AB%C3%A1nh_phu_th%C3%AA.jpg)CC BY-SA 2.0
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Phu Thê Cake

A Vietnamese dessert made with tapioca flour and mung bean filling, wrapped in pandan-leaf boxes and sent by a groom to his bride on their wedding day.

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The dessert was traditionally given by a suitor but is now part of many wedding banquets. It is traditional for a bridegroom to send bánh phu thê to the bride on the couple's wedding day to symbolize wishes for a happy future.

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