Easy Chinese Moon Cake Recipe
Just in time here is an easy Chinese moon cake recipe for you to share with your family and friends during this year's mid autumn moon festival which takes place on the 15th day of the of the 8th lunar moon. Chinese moon cakes distinctively shaped round with symbols on the crown are a staple in Chinese and Asian cultures and are celebrated during the fall and New Year.
Equipment
- moon cake mold
Ingredients
- Ingredients For Moon Cake Pastry Dough:
- 65 grams golden syrup
- 20 grams canola oil
- 100 grams cake flour
- 1/4 teaspoon lye water
- Ingredients for Preparing Lotus Paste Filling:
- 220 grams store prepared lotus paste or the one you prepared
- 200 grams egg yolk salted Yolk from 10 large eggs
- 100 grams whole egg 2 Large Eggs for brushing moon cakes
Instructions
- Moon Cake Pastry Dough:
- In a mixing bowl add the golden syrup, canola oil and lye water
- Sift in the cake flour and mix with a paddle until the dough starts to form and is well combined.
- If you don’t have a mixing machine you can use spatula.
- Wrap the pastry dough in plastic and place into refrigerator for 40 minutes.
- This will relax the dough so it pliable and easy to work with.
- For the moon cake filling
- Gently rinse the egg yolk with water and dry it carefully.
- Wrap each of the egg yolks with enough lotus paste and shape into a ball.
- Put aside on a plate.
- Encrusting the moon cakes:
- Remove the pastry dough from refrigerator.
- Divide the pastry dough into little balls, about double the size of the filled lotus paste that you filled.
- Dust some flour onto parchment paper and place pastry dough ball onto it.
- Place another sheet on top and flatten it using a rolling pin.
- Take the paste and put in the middle and fold up the corners into a ball shape. using the palms of your hands gently shaping into a perfect sphere and set aside.
- Repeat until all the pastry dough and lotus paste is used up.
- Prepare your mold by selecting the pattern you want.
- Place each dough ball one at a time into moon cake mold, if the dough ball is slightly big, just gently size it so that it can fit in the mold.
- Press the pastry dough as its in the mold so that it sticks and turn it over onto working surface and push down firmly so that the pattern get embed onto the dough.
- Slowly push the dough out, if it’s sticks just gently shake it until the dough is release
- Once your moon cakes are all shaped, place them onto a baking tray that is lined with parchment paper.
- Pre heat your oven to 375F (190C) and bake them for 5 minutes or until they turn a nice golden light brown color.
- Remove from oven and egg wash each piece and place back into the oven for 8-10 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove baking tray from oven and let them cool down.
