EASY No-Bake Strawberry Mooncake Recipe – FOOD is Four Letter Word (2024)

FAQs

Is it moon cake or mooncake? ›

mooncake, Chinese pastry traditionally consumed during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes are as central to the Mid-Autumn Festival, also called the Moon Festival, as lanterns, candles, and gazing at the full harvest moon.

The mooncake molds I use are such an amazing kitchen tool. They are perfect for shaping filled cookies like these but also great used as cookie cutters and cookie stamps (see the sugar cookies on my blog).

“Mooncake.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mooncake.

Mooncakes are round, and roundness in Chinese culture symbolizes togetherness and completeness. Gifting mooncakes means expressing best wishes and love depending on the relationship.

So if you want a good queer graphic novel, Mooncakes is an adorable delight full of fun. This is perfect for the coming Halloween season, or just a cute read any time of the year.

Traditional Chinese mooncakes, specifically Cantonese-style mooncakes, are baked, golden-brown and molded or stamped on top with the name of the filling. Typical sweet fillings include sweet bean paste, lotus seed paste or red date (jujube) paste that envelops one or more mini salted and cured duck egg yolks.

At festive gatherings, Koreans eat songpyeon, a half-moon-shaped rice cake filled with a semi-sweet stuffing, as well as seasonal fruits and vegetables such as persimmons and chestnuts. They also enjoy a host of entertainment, including the ganggangsullae, a traditional circle dance.

2, Peanut oil.

Traditionally, mooncakes contained lard or pork fat but peanut oil is more common nowadays. Fat is essential in this recipe to soften the crust and increase the flexibility of the dough, helping it more stretchable and easier to wrap the filling. It is also what makes the crust tender and fragrant.

Chinese mooncake, made by pressing fillings of nuts, jujube date, or bean paste wrapped in pastry dough into an elaborately carve wooden mould and baking. Arab Ma'amoul, made by pressing fillings of date paste and nuts wrapped in pastry dough into an elaborately carve wooden mould and baking.

Luckily, chocolate (including liquid-filled), candy and baked goods are generally allowed. Exceptions include Kinder Surprise Eggs, since the toy inside doesn't pass FDA safety regulations for children's toys. Mooncakes (a popular baked good in China) aren't allowed if they're stuffed with eggs or meat.

Why is it called moon cake? ›

In ancient times, mooncakes were a kind of offering to the moon. Over the centuries, these special cakes have become the most popular food of the Mid-Autumn Festival. They are named after the moon goddess (Chang'e), who is said to make this kind of cake.

According to the story, the secret message, “Kill the Tatars on the 15th day of the eighth month”, was stuffed in mooncakes that were exchanged among the rebels.