
By helaine zhao
lava custard mooncakes
20 steps
Prep:2hCook:15min
Who says you can only eat mooncakes during mid-autumn festival?
Try this irresistible melt-in-your-mouth lava custard mooncake recipe and you will never go out to buy mooncakes ever again!!
Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:17:09 GMT
Nutrition balance score
Unbalanced
Glycemic Index
68
Moderate
Glycemic Load
16
Moderate
Nutrition per serving
Calories237.2 kcal (12%)
Total Fat13.6 g (19%)
Carbs23.9 g (9%)
Sugars9.3 g (10%)
Protein5.1 g (10%)
Sodium207.6 mg (10%)
Fiber0.3 g (1%)
% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Ingredients
16 servings
Lava
Custard
Mooncake Skin
Instructions
Step 1
Spray white wine onto ~9 salted egg yolks and bake at 360 F for 10 minutes. Then, mix in food mixer until crumbs.




Lava
Step 2
Combine white chocolate and whipping cream over hot water to melt. Then add salty egg yolks and mix until even.



Step 3
Place in the freezer. After slightly frozen, scoop it into a Ziploc bag and press it into a rectangular shape so it's easier to split later. Freeze for another 3 hours until completely frozen.
(Note: While it's freezing, start making the custard)
Custard
Step 4
Combine sugar with eggs. Add salty egg yolks and combine.



Step 5
Sift low-gluten flour & milk powder & combine



Step 6
Add whipping cream and combine

Step 7

Pour into a pot, and continuously mix on low heat until the custard becomes hard. Turn off the fire once it is hard and place in plastic wrap. Cover tightly and place in refrigerator.



Mooncake Skin
Step 8
Combine room temperature butter & powdered sugar with egg beater



Step 9
Add honey, oil, and egg yolks and mix.



Step 10
Sift milk powder and low-gluten flour and fold until it is one ball.



Step 11
Place in plastic wrap and put into the refrigerator

Assembly
Step 12
Split custard into 20 g balls
Step 13
Divide the frozen lava into 5 g balls and continue freezing
Step 14
Press a hole in the custard and place the lava into each custard ball. Place the filling balls into the freezer.
Step 15
Split the mooncake skin into 25 g balls and flatten them out. Place the frozen filling ball into the skin and slowly push the skin up, covering the filling completely.
Step 16
Roll the mooncake into some flour to prevent sticking and use a mooncake mold to shape it.
Step 17
Place the finished mooncakes into the freezer until it is completely frozen.
Step 18
Preheat the oven to 400 F. Spray some water on the mooncakes to prevent cracking, and bake on the middle rack at 400 F for 4 minutes.

Step 19
Take out and brush some egg water on the top.
Step 20

Bake another 8-10 minutes until a golden brown.
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