Snow Skin MoonCake Galore - Step by Step

Snow Skin Mooncake is very very easy to make, even for a beginner like myself - I could get nice cakes at the end! If you just bought your mould, it is necessary for you to season this mould with canola oil for 5 days as shown below. I have blocked the air holes with Blue Tac so that the Oil dont leak out from the mould. Then wash it with warm water and soap and dry it in a cool dry place. Then before use, sprinkle with some flour. Then, after use, wash it again in cold water and clean the insides with a toothpic, making sure that nothing is left behind, once dried, wrap it in a piece of cloth and store in the cupboard ready for use in the next mooncake season.

Seasoning in Oil (5days)

Ingredients:

• 200 g cooked glutinous rice
• 100 g of icing sugar
• 50 g of shortening or margerine
• 200 mL of cold water
• Pandan essense
• Lotus Paste (you can buy this ready made in asian grocery stores)
  

Step By Step Moon Cakes

1. Add in all ingredients together and knead with hands until it forms a smooth and soft surface, then make it into 6 portions depending the size of your mould. THis recipe yields 5 large mooncakes. Then as pictured, place the ball of snow kin on a piece of plastic glad wrap.
2. Then, cover with another plastic wrap on top and flatten with a rolling pin
3. Open the plastic wrap on top and place a rounded portion of the lotus paste in the middle of the flattened skin
4. Wrap it all over
5. Make sure all is covered and rounded perfectly
   
6. Sprinkle some of the glutinous flour on the mould
   
7. Place the ball of cake into the mould and press with your thumb
8. Bang on the kitchen bench until the cake comes out of the mould
   

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