Easy Mini Lotus Paste Mooncakes

Mooncakes

Have you bought or made any mooncakes for your friends and family? Mooncake is a type of Chinese snack or dessert pastry filled with a sweet or savoury filling which is commonly eaten during the mid-autumn festival. The Mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th of the eighth lunar month every year and it is on 23rd September this year which is celebrated by China and Asian people across the globe.

There are several different kinds of mooncakes which include the classic baked one and the snow skin type of mooncakes. Check out my post here if you are interested to make the “baked” version or click here for snow skin mooncake recipe. Are you celebrating? Comment and let me know what’s your fav must-do activities on this special day!

If you love eating some matcha dessert, make sure to check out my matcha crepe cake recipes.

Mini Lotus Paste Mooncakes

Mid-autumn festival (aka mooncake festival) falls on the 15th of the eighth lunar month every year and it’s on the 23rd of September this year! Check out my recipe below if you are interested to make mooncakes for your family.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine Chinese

Ingredients

  

Outer Skin

• 150g All-purpose flour
• Pinch of salt
• 30 g Vegetable oil
• 75 g Honey

Filling

• 450 g Lotus seed paste

Instructions

 

Outer-skin

• Add 150g all-purpose flour, 75g honey, 30g vegetable oil and a pinch of salt to a large mixing bowl.
• Stir it until the dough begins to hold together in a ball.
• Use a cling film to cover the top of the mixing bowl and rest the dough for 1 hour.

Filling

• Divide 450 of red bean paste into small portions (each of which should weigh 35g) and roll it into a ball shape.

Combination of filling & dough

• Pull a small portion of dough (should weigh 15g) and roll it into a ball shape.
• Press the dough ball against your palm to produce a flat layer.
• Wrap one lotus paste ball within the flat layer and seal it.

Final Steps

• Pat some flour gently onto the dough ball and knock out the excess flour.
• Place it under a mooncake mold and press it firmly to stamp the mooncake.
• Bake the mooncakes in the oven at 200 degrees for 5 minutes.
• In a small bowl, add 1 tbsp of water and 1 egg yolk and mix it gently.
• Take out the tray of mooncakes from the oven and brush the mixture onto the mooncake surface.
• Bake the mooncakes in the oven at 160 degrees for another 5 minutes and repeat steps 5.
• Bake it up until you’re satisfied with the colour!

Keyword Baked Mooncakes, Classic Mooncakes, Mooncakes

Equipment: I took all the photos above using Sony Alpha 7 II | Full-Frame Mirrorless Camera.

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