Third Takes the Cake: Mooncakes

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Ready for the oven It's the last weekend before Mid Autumn Festival! So, this is my final batch of moon cakes. Flaky mooncakes this time...

It's Mid Autumn Festival again! I've been lazy this year, so I had actually planned NOT to make any mooncakes this year. We're a...

I used the recipe from Aunty Yochana and added 3 tbsp of green tea powder to the oil dough. Also, I used ready made white lotus paste instea...

It's time again! I wouldn't have made it this year if not that I wanted to make some for my grandma.. :) Took me a total of 5-6 hour...

Same recipe though diluted the pandan paste a little. Er jie's complaint is that there's no pandan taste. Oopsie!

Got myself a new mould for $7. Apparently I was the only one who thought it's expensive.. :P Looks great! If I may say so myself. :P Gre...

Snowskin Mooncake Challah Bread (they look much prettier in real life!) Dumplings & attempt at xiao long bao (skin super thick! HAHAHA)

Tried making the flaky baked type of mooncake today. Been looking at the recipe for a long time, and finally decided to try it today!! It lo...

Was in the mood for some donuts today... So I baked some! They were rather tasteless. Prob cos I replaced milk with water since I didn't...

Mommy asked me to make mooncakes today. And so I did, since I had the flour and also left over filling from before. :) Took me 2-3 hours to ...