{"id":2247,"date":"2010-09-20T08:33:39","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T12:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.elfster.com\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2023-02-10T14:12:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:12:56","slug":"the-art-of-moon-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/20\/the-art-of-moon-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Moon Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2252\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.elfster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"DSC01677 (1)\" width=\"517\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-500x375.avif 500w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-678x509.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01677-1-JPG.avif 1306w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/>Photos and recipe courtesy of<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/i-bake-for-you.blogspot.com\/2009\/10\/mid-autumnmoon-festival.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em> i bake for you<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">If you&#8217;re Chinese or know anyone who is, you&#8217;ve probably noticed the big red boxes of mooncakes springing up in stores and homes around the world. The gorgeous boxes contain intricately made and packaged sweets that are sure to make you salivate! Thanks to the popularization of these decadent cakes, you can now find unique and modern adaptations, using chocolate, ice cream, pistachios, cheese or espresso beans! Seems like everyone wants to get on the moon cake train!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Mooncakes not only symbolize the moon at one of its roundest nights, but was used as a sacrifice for the upcoming change in seasons. If you&#8217;re interested in making your own and don&#8217;t mind a challenging (but oh, so worth it) recipe for &#8220;snow skin&#8221; mooncakes, we have just the thing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>makes about 21 medium moon cakes<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Skin<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40g wheat starch (tang mien flour)<\/li>\n<li>300g fried glutinous rice flour (koh fun)<\/li>\n<li>245g icing sugar<\/li>\n<li>65g shortening (I used melted copha, a vegetable shortening)<\/li>\n<li>350ml cold water<\/li>\n<li>matcha powder<\/li>\n<li>yam\/taro powder<\/li>\n<li>vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Custard (fake egg yolk)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>100g sugar<\/li>\n<li>25g corn flour<\/li>\n<li>20g low protein flour<\/li>\n<li>20g custard powder<\/li>\n<li>50ml coconut milk<\/li>\n<li>80ml milk<\/li>\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>10g butter, melted<\/li>\n<li>few drops of yellow coloring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Filling<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>250g \u00a0of taro paste, or any other flavors you prefer<br \/>\n<em> Chinese markets generally sell pastes of lotus seed, green tea and red bean, to name a few<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2249\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.elfster.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01648.JPG\" alt=\"DSC01648\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01648.JPG 320w, https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/DSC01648-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>Directions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Make the custard first. Sift all the dry ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>Add the liquid ingredients apart from the butter.<\/li>\n<li>Add the melted butter when all is mixed.<\/li>\n<li>Steam for 30 mins or until cooked.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool, then\u00a0roll into little balls that resemble egg yolks.<\/li>\n<li>For the snow skin, sift all the dry ingredients together.<\/li>\n<li>Split into bowls for as many flavors you&#8217;re making.<\/li>\n<li>Add matcha powder and other powders to bowls.<\/li>\n<li>Split the water into the bowls equally, as with the shortening.<\/li>\n<li>Add vanilla extract to taste.<\/li>\n<li>Mix until a dough is formed. If too sticky, add more fried glutinous rice flour until it can be handled.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap some of the filling around each &#8216;egg yolk&#8217;. Then wrap some of the snow skin around that. (I used the matcha snowskin with green tea paste, the vanilla snowskin with white lotus paste and the yam\/taro snowskin with the taro paste).\u00a0You should now have a three layered ball (outer snowskin, filling and inner custard &#8216;egg yolk&#8217;).<\/li>\n<li>Dust with fried glutinous rice flour. Dust the mooncake molds as well. Press gently into the molds and carefully remove.<\/li>\n<li>Refrigerate overnight, consume within a week.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Photos and recipe courtesy of i bake for you If you&#8217;re Chinese or know anyone who is, you&#8217;ve probably noticed the big red boxes of mooncakes springing up in stores and homes around the world. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elfster.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/20\/the-art-of-moon-cakes\/\" title=\"The Art of Moon Cakes\">[read more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":2252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[529],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2247","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-diy-and-handmade"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Art of Moon Cakes - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Art of Moon Cakes - Good Cheer | Elfster Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Photos and recipe courtesy of i bake for you If you&#8217;re Chinese or know anyone who is, you&#8217;ve probably noticed the big red boxes of mooncakes springing up in stores and homes around the world. 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