Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Mooncake ingredients and Mooncake moulds

My mooncake making shopping: Kuo fen, wheat starch, lotus paste, mooncake moulds, mooncake boxes, melon seeds, etc.
Want to try out which brand is better, so bought two.
Because one of them have black particles, so bought another brand to try.
Three difference brands of kuo fen for snowskin mooncakes; 2 HK and one Japanese flour.
Traditional Wooden Mooncake mould ( $14.50 )
Plastic Japanese moulds - 55g ($5 each)

Floral mould - 63g

Cartoon Moulds - 65g

Notes & Updates:

1) Newly bought wooden mould have to be oil bath, so that it will not break while using. Because you need to knock the mould on hard surface to remove the mooncake. Just soak the mould in oil overnight than wash it.
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2) The Japanese Kuo Fen is better than HK Kuo Fen, because the snowskin produced is much finer and without the "floury" taste.

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