Happy MoonCake Festival!!

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I played with candles and lanterns...

by myself.. :P

Even light up those halloween lanterns I bought last year, which has been hanging in the garden for the whole year! :D

I accidently burnt daddy's pvc pipe that he uses for cleaning the home's water filter system.. T_T

long story.. dont want tell you..

watching the un-full moon alone in the porch.. yea la.. I made my own "festival" earlier cos I gotta fly to Seoul on the actual date.. -____-

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I also made mooncakes!!! :D

Snowskin mooncake to be exact.. cos its easier to make :P

So here's the ingredients:

220gm of cooked gluticious rice flour (kor fun)

mine was bought pre cooked from the bakery specialist shop..

60gms unsalted butter or shortening...

cooled syrup,

pre boiled with 350ml water, 2 pcs of pandan leaves, and 190gms of sugar..

colorings!

fillings

I bought mine Tiramisu.. you can choose your own fillings, red bean, lotus paste.. durian.. emm.. yumm...

So, put the flour into the blender, and put in chunks of butter:

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pour in syrup, which I've mixed with a little colorings...

Blend...

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till it becomes a sticky dough..

spread some kor flour onto the board..

so that the mixed dough will not stick onto the board...

moulds

available in bakery supplies shops

rolling pin.. flour it a little too. so the dough wont stick on when you roll. ^_^

divide dough to a 80grm size. Round up the dough and flatten it using a rolling pin or a flat surface clean bottle..

cut up the fillings into 70grms

and put it liddis. ..

Wrap up the dough...

and roll it up liddis....

roll...

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flour up the mould too.. spread some flour in it and pat it out again..

put in the rolled up dough and press it firm.

taadah!!!

We have a Mooncake! :D

Now to make the smaller one,

dough 30grm, fillings 25grms... (approximately/depends on your mould)

Roll it up like the big one..

and press it firm into the floured mould..

maciam ini..

taadah!!

another mini mooncake!! :D


Serving suggestions:

in a mini serving plate....

or heck... just serve like that..

last piece..

dont forget to press it firm.. so the patterns are printed onto the cake... but not too hard or else the fillings will come out..

oh lala~

ok i know mine wasnt as perfect as those cormercial ones.. but hey! they are professional chefs!!

im just an amateur... :(

but im not giving up.. if im still "hot" by the time im back this trip.. imma gonna perfect my skills.. ;)

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the part where I HATE most after making something, or baking or cooking is..

THE MESS AND THE WASHING T____T