Moon Cakes?

Question

What is the recipe for making moon cakes?

Answer 1

The recipe is really very simply, here is just one I found online:

Ingredients:
1/4 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
1/2 cup salted butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup strawberry (or your favorite) jam (traditionally red bean paste is used so if you want a more authentic version, you can use a can of red bean paste instead of the jam).

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Combine the butter, sugar and 1 egg yolk and stir.

Mix in the flour.

Form the dough into one large ball and wrap it in plastic wrap.

Refrigerate dough for half an hour.

Unwrap the chilled dough and form small balls in the palms of your hand.

Make a hole with your thumb in the center of each mooncake and fill with about half a teaspoon of jam.

Brush each cake with the other beaten egg yolk and place on a cookie sheet. (We didn't have a brush to do this, so skipped the brushing step)

Bake for about 20 minutes or just until the outside edges are slightly brown.

Answer 2

MOON CAKE

PART A:

2 c. all-purpose flour
4 tbsp. Crisco
8 tbsp. water
1/2 c. sugar
1/3 tsp. salt

PART B:

1 c. all-purpose flour
4 tbsp. Crisco

FILLING (BEAN PASTE) :

2 c. beans, cooked and mashed
3/4 c. sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll out Part A; spread Part B over Part A. Roll as cinnamon roll, wrap up from one end and flatten with rolling pin. Roll and stand on end, flatten again with rolling pin. Roll up and slice into 20 pieces.
Flatten into rounds with thumb and fingers, place some filling in center and fold all sides under to seal. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and brush tops with lightly beaten egg yolk. Bake for 20 minutes and remove to cooling rack. Tops may be decorated by using the blunt end of a chop-stick dipped in red food dye. Makes 20 moon-cakes.

MOON CAKE II

1 c. water
1/2 c. butter
1 c. flour
4 eggs
2 (3 oz.) boxes instant vanilla pudding
8 oz. softened cream cheese
Cool Whip
Nuts

Mix flour, water, butter and eggs as cream puffs and spread in 11 x 15 inch ungreased pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes. Cool.
Mix 2 boxes instant pudding as directed on box and beat in 8 ounce cream cheese until smooth. Spread over crust and top with Cool Whip. Drizzle with chocolate sauce and nuts if desired.

more moon cake recipes below:

Answer 3

Fairy Godmother has the right recipe. It is better to buy them fresh because there is something special about the way that the bakers put the chinese characters on the cakes.

Answer 4

I think you mean Moon Pies.

M O O N

That spells The Stand.

Answer 5

Three boys in the back seat with their rears upto the glass, thats a moon cake lol

Answer 6

1 can (17-1/2 ounces) lotus seed paste
1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

Dough
4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2-cup non-fat dried milk powder
3 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup sugar 1/2 cup solid shortening, melted and cooled
1 egg yolk , lightly beaten


1. Mix lotus seed paste and walnuts together in a bowl; set aside.

2. Sift flour, milk powder, baking powder, and salt together into a bowl. In large bowl of electric mixer, beat eggs on medium speed until light and lemon colored. Add sugar; beat for 10 minutes or until mixture falls in a thick ribbon. Add melted shortening; mix lightly. With a spatula, fold in flour mixture. Turn dough out on a lightly floured board; knead for 1 minute or until smooth and satiny. Divide dough in half; roll each half into a log. Cut each log into 12 equal pieces.

3. To shape each moon cake, roll a piece of dough into a ball. Roll out on a lightly floured board to make a 4-inch circle about 1/8-inch thick. Place 1 tablespoon of lotus seed paste mixture in center of dough circle. Fold in sides of dough to completely enclose filling; press edges to seal. Lightly flour inside of moon cake press with 2-1/2 inch diameter cups. Place moon cake, seam side up, in mold; flatten dough to conform to shape of mold. Bang one end of mold lightly on work surface to dislodge moon cake. Place cake on ungreased baking sheet. Repeat to shape remaining cakes. Brush tops with egg yolk.

4. Bake in a preheated 375 degree F. oven for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Transfer to a rack and let cool.

Answer 7

You look like a moon cake!!!!!!!

Answer 8

This is all I could come up with - as to where to purchase the ingredients - i would think a local grocery market.

Make your own mooncakes

Syrup for mooncake

Ingredients: (A)

1200g sugar
lkg water
1 lime - cut into 4 pieces, squeeze in the
juice and put in the skin as well.
3 tbsp maltose

Method:
Put ingredients (A) into a pot and bring to a boil till sugar has dissolved. Lower heat and continue to simmer
till thick and syrupy.

Switch off the fire and add the maltose. Stir well to dissolve. Leave to cool and keep for use as syrup for the
dough (skin).

Mooncake Pastry

Ingredients:

400g golden syrup
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 1/2 tbsp lye water (kan sui)
100ml peanut oil
550g flour

Method:
Pour golden syrup, bicarbonate of soda and oil into a mixing bowl. Add in lye water and mix with a wooden
spoon. Fold in flour gradually and stir to form a firm dough. Let dough rest for five hours.

Lotus Paste Filling (Lin Yoong)

Ingredients:

500g lotus seeds (seong lin)
1 1/2 tbsp lye water (kan sui)
340ml peanut oil
450g sugar
1 tbsp maltose
1 tbsp kao fun (cooked glutinous rice flour)

Method:
Add lye water into lotus seeds, mix well and leave aside for 20 minutes. Pour in boiling water and cover up
for 20-30 minutes. Strain and wash the lotus seeds to remove the skin.

Boil lotus seeds till soft. Put them into a blender with some water and blend into a thick paste.

Heat wok with a quarter portion of oil and a quarter portion of sugar. When sugar turns light brown, put in
blended lotus paste and the remaining sugar. Stir constantly until paste is smooth and thick in consistency.
Add in the rest of the oil gradually. Keep stirring the paste until thick. Lastly, stir in maltose and stir well to
blend.

Sieve in 1 tbsp kao fun for a thicker and firmer consistency in the paste. Leave orernight before use.

Making of Mooncakes

Method:
Divide your dough into even pieces of 40g each. Roll the dough into a ball and flatten out with your hand.

Weigh the lotus seed paste. If you like the yolk of salted eggs, you can insert one in the centre.

Place the filling in the middle of the flat dough and slowly wrap around it. Seal the edges and roll dough
lightly between your palms until the filling is hidden.

Dust mould lightly with flour. Press dough ball into the mooncake mould. Knock the mould against the table
to dislodge the mooncake.

Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees C for 10 minutes. Remove and leave to cool for 5 minutes. Brush on
beaten egg glaze. Return to bake for another 10 minutes or till golden.

Egg Glaze

Mix these ingredients together:

1 egg yolk
1/2 tsp water
A pinch of salt

Answer 9

they have marijuana in them
*sorry i had to say that from duce bigalow european gigolo*
but those are space cakes hahaha
try www.allrecipes.com though for a recipe
i got mom to make some food from there and it was excellent.

Answer 10

Moon cookies??

The chocolate chip cookies with half chocolate and half vanilla icing?