Both my girls started to like eating mooncakes after our experience with Fook Pan last year. So I thought that it would be a good idea to try making them myself so that I could adjust the taste according to our liking. I was all prepared to give mooncake-making a go but hubs thought otherwise. He felt that I am being overly ambitious and is grossly under-estimating the complexity of mooncake-making. Anyway I went ahead and bought the required ingredients. I started by making a couple of small baked moonies and surprisingly they were almost perfect (in my opinion) – nice imprint, evenly browned in the tone that I like and no cracks. I was giggling, jumping up and down, dancing around the house, calling all my friends, telling my neighbours ………
Two variations of small baked moonies – red bean paste and ribena lotus paste.
I received alot of compliments from friends and family, as well as hubby’s co-workers. I was quite surprised that they liked them because I adjusted the recipe by reducing the amount of oil and sugar used. I thought that only my family members would be able to appreciate them. Oh, even my skeptical hubby told me that I did a good job and asked me to bake more as gifts for our friends. I was thrilled with his nod of approval.
Four variations of medium sized moonies – green tea, black sesame, white lotus and coffee.
This batch in “five nuts” turned out a little too pale for my liking.
Look at the nuts inside! Surprisingly this is my younger daughter’s favourite. She loves the nutty filling.
Individually wrapped and sealed, all ready to be packed as gifts.
Packed in self-made containers
All ready to be delivered to my girls’ teachers, our friends and family members.
I am glad that my first attempt at mooncake making turned out so well. I had so much fun making them and the lantern containers. They kept me sane during the home-bound days last month, my only “sunshine” in a trying month. This is my most memorable Mid-Autumn Festival, the best to-date.
they all looked so nice, bravo!!! certainly beat fook pan! i made piggy biscuit last year, this year no time.
oh my they looked amazing! and you got it right on the first attempt! You certainly have a lot of culinary talent
I must learn to make it next year, but it seems quite difficult to me hehe
AMAZING! My first attempt turned out really errr.. ugly! Looks your awesome. Things got behind and I didnt attempt it this year but soo glad u did.. I get to see all these lovely mooncakes!
Thanks for all the compliments. This is the first time I got it right on my first attempt, so happy ….. Don't have any special skills, pure fluke shot!
Wow! I am totally speechless and so impressed looking your 1ST ATTEMPT HOMEMADE mooncakes. You are getting so prof nowadays in baking. I really salute you!