I've never made
mooncakes in my life.
Mum used to buy «chue loong peang» (
mooncakes in the shape of piggy in a basket) when I was a kid..
Not exact matches
Take
mooncakes from freezer, and immediately place
in oven.
After a detour Down Under
in search of Australia's best Lamington cakes, we head to China with Rebecca Firth (@displacedhousewife) for a look at
mooncakes, the decorative Asian treat celebrated during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.
Allow the
mooncakes to rest
in room temperature before serving.
Taking inspiration from her years as an expat mom
in Beijing, China, Rebecca created a westernized update of the
Mooncake, a centuries - old Chinese pastry with a stunning appearance, for our September / October issue.
As every
mooncake mould is different, you have test the amount of dough and filling required to fill
in each mould.
I noticed a lot of traditional
mooncakes do have a combination of dried fruit and nuts
in them.
What do you look for
in modern
mooncake molds?
If you work
in China, you will be inundated with
mooncakes.
Macau - style almond cookies are traditionally made using lard, but I went the simpler route and, after it worked well
in mooncakes, used coconut oil instead, another fat that is solid at room temperature.
Today I went to Chinatown
in London to get one (or two)
mooncakes.
As Xinhua reports, luxury - minded customers can still find excessively packaged
mooncake boxes — they just go by a different name:»... some moon cake producers and marketing businesses have come up with a clever deception: «red wine gift boxes,» «tea boxes» and other ways to conceal luxury moon cakes
in legitimate packaging.»
«All of those gifts listed are going to be found to be
in violation, except maybe a
mooncake.»
Even at that, the panel advised not giving a
mooncake originating from the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, which come
in elaborate gift boxes and can carry a price over $ 200.
The team has had a slow year and was asking to provide certain gifts to doctors and distributors
in the country during the two festival seasons including
mooncakes, vouchers, envelopes with cash, and watches.