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[Recipe] Baked Chinese Mooncake with Salted Egg Yolk Custard Filling 奶黃月餅食譜

Posted in Baked Goods, Holiday, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Special Occasion, tagged custard, Mid Autumn Festival, Mooncake, recipe, 奶黃月餅, 月餅, 中秋節 on September 24, 2020| 6 Comments »

Mid Autumn Festival is happening on October 1 this year and mooncakes are a must at home. In the past we usually bought mooncakes from local bakeries (Maxim’s has been our favourite), but for the last few years Mama Lam has attempted to make some at home as well. I recently posted on Instagram some pictures of her creations this year, and some of my followers have asked for a recipe. The one recipe she has perfected is a baked mooncake with custard filling. I’m happy to share this one with you.

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Origin of Mooncake

Do you know where mooncake comes from? The version I’m most familiar with is that mooncake was created by revolutionaries in the Yuan Dynasty. They would hide secret messages inside these pastries and distributed them to plan a revolt to overthrow the Mongolian rulers, which eventually led to the fall of Yuan and the rise of Ming Dynasty. Can you picture this tasty treat being used as a political move?!