~Traditional Mooncakes~传统月饼

Wishing all of you a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival. Today posting the last mooncake i made, is Traditional Mooncake with Tau Sar and Lotus paste filling.Everyone seem happy sharing their homemade mooncake all over the blog, facebook.

This traditional mooncake i using the same dough recipe as i do my piggy mooncake.

Dough

300gm  Plain flour

180gm  Golden Syrup

6gm      Alkaline Water

 76g      Cooking oil

Filling 

Lotus paste or Tau Sar paste ,melon seed, store bought

Egg wash

1 egg Yolk + 1 tsp water 

Method

-Mixed the Golden Syrup, alkaline water and cooking oil together, sift in Plain flour , combine all knead it to form a soft dough, covered it and let it rest for 3-4 hours. divide the dough in 20gm each

- Mixed the paste with some melon seed , shape it in a ball size 35gm each 

- Wrap the filling with the dough, put in mooncake mould, then press it out, place on baking tray

- Bake at preheated oven @180C for 8mins, take out let it rest for 15mins, apply egg wash

- Bake again @160C for 15-20mins till it turn brown.

- Let it cold down , keep in container for 2-3days to let the skin turn soft.

~Snowskin Mooncakes~(PingBi)

Snowskin mooncakes always the last batch of mooncake i made. This year i really like the color ,all are natural colors. I use pandan for the green,  red yeast powder for red and blue pea flower for blue!

Snowskin mooncakes are easy to made no baking required. Get the paste and snowskin premix flour at the baking store follow the premix instruction. Normally  premix flour add in shortening and cold water. if u wish to put color for it mix the color with the cold water then mix well with the flour till form a smooth dough, wrap it with paste ,put in mooncake mould or jelly mould to get the imprint and push it out from mould. Chilled it before serving. It's simple , Try it out!!

Happy Mooncake Festival

~Piggy Mooncakes~

"Piggy mooncakes" very cute right???...hahaha....'It' very popular among bloggers, a lot bloggers bake and  post it....i also follow ! Thanks to Nasi Lemak Lover and Anncoo for sharing this cute piggy mooncakes recipe .The step by step photo make us easy to follow, i really enjoy baking this 'piggy'!

Recipe can make 5 piggy

Dough

-150gm Plain flour

-90gm Golden syrup

-3gm Alkaline water

-38gm Oil

** Mixed the above ingredients form a smooth dough , let it rest for 2-3 hours,

    then divide the dough 50gm each

Filling 

350gm Lotus paste (store bought)

20gm melon seed 

** mixed the melon seed with the lotus paste, divide the paste 70gm each

Egg Wash 

1 egg yolk mix with 1/2tsp water

Tools

a round 1/8 teaspoon, a satay stick, plastic sheet, Black beans for the eyes

How to 'shape' and 'making' the piggy please refer the link, they have very clear step by step

picture  Nasi Lemak Lover  and Anncoo Journal

I bake at preheated oven @180C for 8mins, take out let it rest for 15mins, apply egg wash

Bake again @160C for 15-20mins till it turn brown.

Let it cold down , keep in container for 2-3daysto let the skin turn soft

It's really fun making this 'piggy mooncakes', i hope you all enjoy it too!!

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

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~Shanghai Mooncake~ 上海月饼

Mooncake/ Mid Autumn Festival just round the corner, everyone busy bake and post their mooncake, me too busy baking!! Every year i baked Shanghai mooncake, sharing here again the photo and recipe again .

~Chocolate Bottom Banana Cake~

When i saw this cake in Wen's Delight, immediately in my mind i want bake this cake....hahaha

After i bake it, Yes, very soft the banana and chocolate combination "I Like it". I make some modify

i use salted butter and ignore the salt and i use almond nibs instead of walnut.

Ingredients:-

110gm butter (room temperature)

120gm sugar

1Egg (beaten)

1tsp Vanilla

5-6 ripe banana (mashed it ,i use Pisang Raja)

190gm Cake Flour

1tsp Baking Powder

1tsp Baking Soda

2Tbsp Chocolate Powder

2Tbsp Milk (to add moisture to the chocolate bottom)

Some Chocolate chip and Almond nibs

Method:
1.Sieve cake flour, baking powder and baking soda together and set aside
2.Using mixer cream the butter and sugar till fluffy.
3.Add in beaten egg, follow by vanilla then bananas, till all well mixed . off the mixer
4.Add in sifted flour (1), mix well  with a spatula.
5.Divide the batter into half , add in chocolate powder and milk.
   Pour this chocolate mixture into a square tin
6.add the other half mixture on top the chocolate mixture, sprinkle chocolate chips and almond on top
7. Bake in pre-heated oven @ 175C for 30mins

~HappyBaking~

~~Double Chocolate Cupcakes~~

I bake this Double chocolate cupcakes 3 times in August, for friends birthday as a gift. 

I like the texture , rich chocolate taste and moist. So try it out if u are chocolate lover.

Simple , fast and taste nice.

Ingredients:-

-100gm butter

-120gm sugar

-250gm flour

-20gm chocolate powder

-2tsp Baking Powder

-1/2 tsp Baking Soda

-2 eggs

-160ml milk

-100gm Choc chips

Method:-

- Put butter and sugar in mixer beat medium speed 

- Sift flour, chocolate powder, Baking powder and Baking soda set aside

- Add in eggs, in beaten butter follow by milk

- Add in sifted flour, chocolate powder, Baking powder and Baking soda 

- Lastly add in chocolate chips, mixed well

- Scoop in the batter in cupcake cups, put some chocolate and almond on top

- Bake in pre-heated oven @ 180C for 25mins

~Yields 16 cups~