The Ultimate Guide to Traditional Mooncake (传统广式月饼)

Name: The Ultimate Guide to Traditional Mooncake (传统广式月饼)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 2 h
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1 cup (140 grams) raw black sesame seeds; 1/3 cup (45 grams) confectioners sugar; 1/4 cup (55 grams) unsalted butter; 1/4 cup (40 grams) glutinous rice flour; 5 salty duck egg yolks (about 14 grams per yolk, halved (*footnote 1)); 56 grams homemade golden syrup ((or store-bought)); 1/2 teaspoon homemade kansui ((or store-bought)); 20 grams peanut oil ((or vegetable oil that doesn’t have a strong flavor)); 1/8 teaspoon salt (and a pinch for the egg wash); 100 grams cake flour (and extra to dust the mooncake dough); 1 large egg yolk ((or a whole egg) (*see footnote 2))

Instructions

Prep:40minCook:1h 20min

This recipe shows you how to create traditional Cantonese mooncakes from scratch without purchasing golden syrup or kansui. In this recipe, you get a delicious black sesame filling, a dough that has a good mouthfeel and keeps its shape, and thorough step-by-step pictures of the whole process.

Updated at: Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:01:37 GMT