How to make mooncakes filled with taro, flexible fillings that don’t melt when baking

On the market, there are moon cakes with many unique fillings such as: flan-filled jelly mooncakes, fruit-filled mooncakes, cream-filled mooncakes, etc., taro mooncakes are the most popular cakes. favorite and best-selling during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

If you want to make your own beautiful cakes to give to relatives and friends, then do not ignore the article below.

Prepare
65 Minutes Processing
90 Minutes For
3-4 people

Preparation ingredients

The crust part

• 400g flour
• 2 chicken eggs
• 2kg white sugar, 1 teaspoon malt
• 50ml water, 600ml boiled water
• 2 fresh lemons, plenty of water
• 80ml cooking oil

Cake filling

• 500g taro
• 220g white sugar
• 60ml cooking oil
• 50g flour
• Salted egg yolk
• 100ml of wine
• 1 small piece of ginger

Preparation tools

Pot, bowl, pan, cling film, sieve, spoon, chopsticks, clean brush, dough roller, cake mold.

Doing

Process materials

Chicken eggs: Break the eggs into a bowl, take only the yolk.

Lemon: Squeeze the juice and then use a spoon to scoop out the lemon seeds, so be careful not to squeeze the lemon too closely, it can be bitter.

Taro: After buying, you peel off the skin and cut it into bite-sized pieces, soak it in salt water for about 10-15 minutes, then bring it to a boil. Then, put the cooked potatoes in a blender or use a spoon to puree them.

The cooked potatoes are put in a blender or use a spoon to puree them

Salted egg yolk: Wash and soak in wine mixed with ginger for about 10 minutes, then take out the basket to drain.

Make the crust

Step 1 To make a delicious cake crust, the indispensable ingredient is sugar water. You put 50ml of water and 200g of sugar in a pot and put it on the stove to boil over low heat until the mixture turns golden brown like caramel, then add 600ml of boiling water.

When the mixture boils, add 1kg of white sugar and prepared lemon juice to the pot, boil for about 30 minutes until the sugar water thickens , then turn off the heat and let it cool.

You can refer to how to make sugar water in detail at Recipes for making sugar water for baking moon cakes.

Cook moon cake sugar water

Step 2 Put the sugar, cooking oil, malt and egg yolk in a large bowl and stir well with chopsticks. Then, you take a sieve to pour the flour into the mixture, circle a hole in the middle and then add about 200ml of sugar water.

Next, use your hands to knead vigorously until the dough is smooth, then cover with cling film and chill in the refrigerator for about 1 hour .

Make the filling

Step 1 Put the prepared potatoes into the pan, proceed to slug the taro with white sugar on a very low heat , remember to use chopsticks to stir the potatoes continuously and evenly for about 15-20 minutes so that the potatoes do not burn.

Step 2 Next, add the cooking oil and flour to the pan, stir continuously until the taro is combined into a mass that is no longer sticky on the pan, then turn off the heat and let it cool. To make the cake more flexible and delicious, after it has cooled, you can cover it with cling film and put it in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes .

Sweet potato slugs

Step 3 After the salted egg yolks are drained, put them all into the pan, add 1 teaspoon of sugar water, 1 teaspoon of white wine and boil with low heat for about 4-5 minutes , until the sauce thickens. Turn off the stove, let cool.

Step 4 When the potatoes and eggs have cooled, break them into small round balls, roll them out with a stick and put the egg yolks in the middle and then roll them up . Keep doing this until you run out of potatoes and eggs, then put the prepared filling in the refrigerator.

Roll out the filling and put the egg yolk in the middle

Baking and baking

A delicious, non-boring mooncake is a cake with the perfect balance between the ratio of the crust and the perfect filling. Normally, the standard ratio for making delicious mooncakes is 1:2, but you can change it to suit your preferences.

Step 1 After the baking is complete, the dough will dry again, if it is still wet, you can add a little flour and mix it well. You roll the dough into small balls and then use a stick to roll it very thin , then, put the already-washed taro filling in the middle, use 2 palms to round so that the cover is tight.

Making moon cakes

Step 2 Next, use a brush to brush a thin layer of cooking oil on the cake pan to prevent sticking, then pour the mixture into the mold, press firmly with your hands to form a shape for the cake , then gently remove the mold and place the cake on the baking tray.

Bake moon cakes

Step 3 Make the sauce to spread on the cake: You break the egg into a bowl of cold water and then beat it, add sesame oil, 1 teaspoon sugar, stir well, then pour the mixture through a sieve to remove the clumps in the cake. sauce.

Step 4 Put the cake tray in the oven at 210 degrees Celsius, after 5 minutes, take out the cake tray and use a brush to spread the sauce on the cake . Bake the cake for another 7 minutes at a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius, then continue to take it out and spread the sauce again, then bake for about 10 minutes, then turn off the oven, take out the cake.

Baked moon cake filled with taro

Baked mooncakes filled with taro, after baking, let it cool, put it in an airtight container and store it for 1-2 days to enjoy . Doing so will help the cake to darken and taste better.

The way to make taro mooncakes looks very sophisticated, but as long as you spend a little time and a little meticulous in each cake, you will surely succeed. The Mid-Autumn Festival is also approaching, wish you and your family always be happy, gather to enjoy delicious moon cakes together.

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