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What types of moon cakes are popular?

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Mid-Autumn Festival comes. What types of vietnamese moon cakes , you choose to buy yourself and your loved ?

I.The meaning of moon cake

The moon cake is said to have originated in China with the name “moon cake” (moon cake). Since ancient times, people used to make this cake for the Mid-Autumn Festival – the full moon day of August. Therefore, this cake is considered as a typical cake, a symbol of the  Mid-Autumn Festival.

II.Types of delicious moon cakes that are popular today

Nowadays, moon cakes are mainly divided into two categories: sticky cakes and baked goods with many different types of filling . In addition, the current market also sells a variety of innovative and innovative moon cakes , attracting the love of many people.

Traditional baked goods (mixed fillings)

Traditional cake usually has two parts: the crust and filling . The crust is made from flour, baking powder, sugar water and cooking oil. The mixed filling is a combination of some ingredients such as sausage, bare skin, nuts, pumpkin jam, sugar fat, lotus seeds, sesame seeds, floss, chicken, …

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Currently, grilled moon cake is produced with many kinds of mixed filling with ingredients containing expensive foods such as abalone, shark fin, …

Green bean muffins

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With a lower fat content than mixed kernels, moon cakes filled with green beans are also often favored for their pleasant sweet pulp. The green bean filling of the cake is made from thick green beans, sugar, flour and salted. These cakes make a perfect side dish as you enjoy hot cups of tea in the chilly autumn air.

Pancakes with lotus seeds

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Lotus seed cake usually contains lotus seeds and green beans to increase the consistency and sweetness of the cake. This is the type of cake that many people choose for relatives and families because of its high nutrition (from lotus seeds) and less fat and fat content than mixed cakes.

Green tea pies

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Green tea filling is one of the “hot” recently with a distinctive flavor coming from Japan’s matcha powder . Ingredients for filling include almonds (or walnuts), matcha powder and salted eggs. In addition, people also use black tea powder or jasmine tea to make the cake.

Cake is flexible

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As mentioned above, this is one of two special moon cakes of Vietnamese people. The flexible crust is made from smooth roasted glutinous rice flour, mixed with sugar water, grapefruit perfume. The filling is made from green beans, made with a puree of thick slugs (possibly with salted egg yolks), lotus seeds, taro, or mixed, quite similar to baked goods. However, unlike baked goods, the sticky cake making process does not require an oven.

 

 

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