The Great Chef

Two days away and we will be celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival;  and here I am trying out another new type of Mooncake this time.  What intrigue me when I saw Sonia posted her Hydrandea Mooncake as it look so pretty and gorgeous looking.  I'm sure you will totally awe too looking at this unique flower mooncake! Hydrangea Mooncake  Recipe adapted from Sonia of Nasi Lemak Lover makes 6 Water dough 63g plain flour 25g unsalted butter 8g caster sugar 25g water Oil dough 62g cake flour 35g unsalted butter Filling 150g red bean paste   (or any of your favourite filling paste) Egg wash- 1 egg yolk + ½ tbsp milk Method For water dough :   In a mixing bowl, place the plain flour, butter and sugar in and rub till resembles crumbs, add in water then combine well, do not over mix. Wrap the dough with cling film and rest for 20 mins. Divide into 6 equal portions and shape it round. For Oil Dough : Rub cake flour with butter, slowly combine till soft dough. Wrap the...

Ha....it is my turn to make Piggy Mooncakes this time.  Well, I am sure you have come across many bloggers have made this Piggy Mooncakes, right?  They are so cute and adorable and it is suitable to give this to children. My piggies were not in good shape as I fold and shape, my hands got all sticky; and losing my patience in shaping it at the end.  So trying to finish this up in a haste as I am late in cooking my dinner......duh! This Piggy Mooncakes was first introduced to all us and should give full credit and thanks to Ann of Anncoo Journal when she posted her Piggy Mooncakes back in 2011.   And lately, Jessie of CookingMoments made it, and many thanks to Sonia of NasiLemakLover of her tutorial pictures on how to make this piggy mooncakes. Piggy Mooncakes (Original Recipe from: Ann@AnncooJournal ) Makes 5   Dough Ingredients: 150g Plain Flour 90g Golden Syrup 3g Alkaline Water 38g Vegetable Oil or Peanut Oil   Fillings:   5 x 60g Red Bean ...

I am sure you have noticed the past few weeks or days many food bloggers have been marathon baking mooncakes as our mid Autumn Festival falls on 19th September this year. I have never bake traditional mooncakes before nor have I made the snow skin types too.  I am not a fan of mooncakes as they are usually very sweet if buy from the shops.  So I seldom buy it unless someone gave this for me.  I can't remember when was the last time I had mooncakes.  Well, seeing so many bloggers made so beautiful mooncakes on the blog it has inspired and motivated me to do so this year. I have been going through from one blog to another and another, reading the steps again and again trying to make this mooncakes .  Until I really can't decide which one to follow.....and still so indecisive so I used Jessie of CookingMoments   on her Taro Mooncakes recipe as well as using Anncoo Journal recipe on her Traditional Mooncake as reference. TRADITIONAL MOONCAKES Recipe reference...