Traditional Moon Cake

The Mid-Autumn Festival is an occasion for people to gather with their relatives and friends. In that peaceful atmosphere, moon cakes are indispensable, symbolizing fullness and happiness. What could be more wonderful than hand-delivering those delicious and meaningful cakes to your loved ones.

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Ingredients for 4 - 5 people

Cake sugar water
80g cake flour
70g bread flour
10 grams of fat
45g sugar fat
55g pumpkin seeds
50g sesame
65g pumpkin jam
80g sausage
70g cashews
70g lotus seed jam
Grated orange peel
5 lemon leaves
20ml cinnamon apricot wine
3 teaspoons oyster sauce
14g cake dough
1 teaspoon unsweetened milk
10ml cooking oil
Sesame oil
Five spice blend
Chicken eggs: 2 eggs
Food wrap, baking mold

Products included in the recipe

56.300 đ

Five Spice Blend

Instructions:

1	Make the crust Mix 10ml of cooking oil with 100g of baking sugar, add ½ teaspoon of five spice blend, and ⅔ egg yolk. Mix well until the ingredients are evenly combined. Sift 80g cake flour and 70g bread flour through a sieve filter, mix 10 grams of fat into the flour mixture. Make a small groove in the middle of the flour mixture, slowly pour in the cake sugar mixture, and mix well. Then, use your hands to knead the dough mixture to form a uniform mass, avoid kneading the dough for too long. After kneading, cover with cling film and let the dough rest for 45-60 minutes.
2	Make cake fillings Mix the ingredients: melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, pumpkin jam, sausages (steamed), cashews, lotus seed jam, lemon leaves (chopped). Make a mixture of orange peel with finely grated gold, 20ml of cinnamon apricot wine, 2ml of filtered water, ½ teaspoon of five spices. Mix the mixture well and pour into the filling, add 3 teaspoons of sesame oil and 14g of glutinous rice flour and stir well. Divide the filling into small pieces of 100g, the cake into a ball
3	Shape the cake After the crust has had enough time to rest, divide the dough into 50g portions, roll into medium-thin pieces. Put the cake in the middle, use your hands to squeeze the crust so that it covers the cake. Put the cake into the mold, gently shape it, then turn the cake mold upside down, press it hard.
4	Bake the cake Preheat the oven at 170 degrees Celsius and bake for 5-7 minutes. In the meantime, make a mixture to brush the surface of the cake, including 1 egg, 1 teaspoon of fresh milk without sugar, 1 teaspoon of sesame oil and 1 teaspoon of cake sugar. When the surface of the cake is moist, wait for 5-10 minutes, then use a brush to brush the mixture onto the cake crust a thin layer. Continue to bake the cake at 170 degrees Celsius for 5-7 minutes, remove the cake from the oven and sweep the mixture like the first time. Then, raise the temperature to 200 degrees Celsius and bake for 2-3 minutes to be able to take out the cake and enjoy.