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What do you know about this cake?
This cute cake called Mooncake or 月饼 (yuebing) in Chinese. This cake is a Chinese product traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Mooncake are usually eaten in small wedges, accompanied by tea. Today, it is customary for business people and families to present them to their clients or relatives as presents.
Most Mooncake consist of a thick, tender pastry skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling, and may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in their center that symbolizes the full moon.
Many types of fillings can be found in traditional Mooncakes, like lotus seed paste, sweet bean paste, jujube paste, or mixed nuts.
Generally, all Mooncakes have a softshell which is sweet and crumbly. Depending on what the filling is, the taste of the Mooncake can vary widely, but commonly Mooncake are all sweet. Even if it's a savory filling, there is always a hint of subtle sweetness breaking through the different flavors. Here's the recipe;
INGREDIENTS :
100 g Plain flour
70 g Golden syrup
2 ml Alkaline water
25 ml Peanut oil
FILLING :
415 g Lotus paste
40 g Melon seeds
HOW TO MAKE :
1. In a bowl, mix the lotus paste and melon seeds. Divide the paste into 35 g portions and shape into a ball. Set aside.
2. In another bowl, place golden syrup, add alkaline water, then stir to combine. Add in oil, mix well.
3. Place plain flour in a mixing bowl, make a well in center. Add in the above mixture. Mix with spatula to form a soft dough. Gently knead the dough 1-2 minutes till smooth.
4. Shape the dough into a smooth round dough, wrap with cling wrap and leaves in fridge to rest for 40 minutes.
5. Dust work surface with some flour, give the dough a few light kneading to smooth it. Divide dough into 15 g pieces.
6. Shape each dough into a ball. Roll each dough over some flour and flatten each dough into a small diameter. Wrap it around the filling and shape it into a ball.
7. Lightly dust the wrapped dough with some flour, place it in the mooncake mould and press the mooncake out.
8. Place mooncake on a baking tray line with parchment paper, spray some water on the mooncakes. Bake at preheated oven at 180 degC for 10 minutes.
9. Remove from oven and leaves to cool for 15 minutes. Then brush the top with some egg wash. Return to oven and continue to bake for another 15 minutes until golden brown.
10. Leave mooncake to cool completely and store to air tight containers ready to serve.
