how to make mooncakes

waaaaayyyy long overdue Xp
anyhow, this is how you make mooncakes according to Chef Gan's (of Resort World Genting) own not-so-"secret"-anymore recipe *wink*

These are what you need:

750g of flour
600g of sugar syrup
150g of oil
a little bit of alkaline water
-makes about 50 mooncake skins-
(may be mistakes as i commited these to my flaky memory, i would highly recommend that you go with the flow and stop when you feel is enough Xp)

wide array of ingredients and tools

firstly, pour the sugar into the flour

looks like a huge egg =D

next, dig a hole in the middle of the "egg" and add in the oil

mix!

Add in the water and mix until it is a little bit sticky but soft

leave it overnight and basically this is what you get

flattening the dough into a perfectly round shape

adding the lotus paste filling into the skin!
it's larger than the skin itself so stretch it abit to wrap it around into a ball

the traditional mould! authentically cute right?
okay *ahem* anyways you dust it lightly with some flour
(this is to ensure that your mooncake comes out easily)

pop the yet-to-be mooncake dough in

and voila! an awesome mooncake pops out
(the technique is to hit the mould left and right once or twice first then
BAM the mooncake out)

Below are the pictures of Mokky, me, and Yen Ling separately crafting our own mooncakes, everybody was so eager to show that theirs will be the "bestest" or "beautifullest"....

the magical moment when Mokky's popped out Xp

stuff it in! stuff it ALL in!

i'll huff and i'll puff and a perfect ball will form

of course, i won! mine was the perfect-est =DDD

Stole some Instagram pictures (yea yea yea i'm a plagiarizer):

before they go into the oven
(everyone added some "originality" to the mooncakesto mark theirs)

mine!

CHEERS!
p.s   find me if there's any problem with the recipe! =)

 

Was invited to Genting again for a mooncake workshop last week where we went learnt how to make mooncakes and tasted practically all the different new flavour! i think it's the fifth time im up there ever since May -.- yeap i got no other place to go T.T went up with the usual gang - Yen Ling, Mokky, and Hu Boon!

Embarrasssingly i was late for about 45 minutes and we had a reckless drive up Genting where 2 of the others had some "unfortunate" incidents >.< 

For those who don't know, Genting had a total of 7 million ringgit of sales for mooncake last year alone *pause for your jaw to drop*

This year, the mooncakes promotion will be lasting until the 30th of September, sold at plenty of places like the Lao Di Fang Entrance, Resort Hotel Lobby and many more, you can check from here. 

our session held at Resorts Cafe Genting

wouldn't be perfect without me, no? =D

Without further ado, let me introduce the new flavours to you lah.

Their most popular mooncake happens to be the Double Yolk Lotus Paste =)

 

(left) Healthy White Lotus Paste with Spirulina Skin (RM 11.50+)
(right) White Butter Skin with Pandan Sweet Corn Paste Yolk (RM 11.00+)

The Spirulina skin is not a new flavour, but it is very special so i thought it worthy of a mention here. Apparently Genting is giving a focus of healthy products so most of their mooncakes are "healthy", "low sugar", and all halal.

White Butter Skin is new and the skin is totally buttery, although the fillings has a little bit of a bitter after taste. Those who are adventurous and like to taste new flavours should definitely try this *evil grin*

(left) Snow Skin Mango Paste (RM 10.50+)
(right) Snow Skin with Kiwi Fruit Paste (RM 10.50+)

The Snow Skins-only kiwi is the new flavour but the mango paste is my favourite (filled to the brim with the tasty zang of mango, the smell is quite strong too). For the Kiwi Fruit Paste i didn't taste anything like kiwi at all, practically no taste, maybe due to the "healthy low sugar"?

(top) Red Bean Paste (RM 7.80+)
(bottom) Low Sugar White Lotus Paste (RM11.00+)

The Old Regulars (what i call them lah, since they have been around since the forging of the first mooncakes i think) - i'm sure there's no need for me to elaborate on how red beany the red bean paste is, or how lotusy the lotus paste tastes. The mooncakes that we made were White Lotus Paste-flavoured too, i wonder if ours were better? *dreaming*

Green tea Lotus Paste (RM 10.50+)

Green tea is very refreshing! Those who are too full can get this in case you cannot stomach any more mooncakes =)

Money God Cookie! nice name eh?
you can see the Assorted Nuts "Ng Yan" (RM 11.00+) in the background

According to the chef in charge, Chef Gan, the Money God Cookie used to be called Piggy Cookie (hahaha, "Zhu Zai Bing" lah) but because this one was a halal version and they didn't want to give a wrong impression the name was changed to Money God Cookie, well it sounds more auspiscious like this!

Some shots of the workshop below:

with Daniel again! see him everywhere lah

munching on theSpirulina

Workshop for mooncakes all laid out!

Darren

Chef Gan explaining in the interview

the owl who asked me to "jom pergi!"

lastly, a group picture!

CHEERS!

p.s. from now till 30th of Sept, get 30% discount when you buy 50 boxes and above!