Spiral mooncake

 

This year is my first time making homemake mooncake, thought that mooncake making will be difficult but not really. The difficult part is making the lotus paste which took the longest time to complete. So spiral mooncake is my first attempt of making mooncake.

This is the third time making this spiral mooncake but still can't achieve the spiral effect. Even though the look is not that fantastic but the taste is great.  I'm not a mooncake lover, but I like this recipe. The filling is sweet purple potatoes (hmemake) and red bean paste ( store bought)

before baking

after baking
 

For this batch of spiral mooncake, I intend to give to my colleague tomorrow for this coming festive, wish them 团团圆圆. Hope that they will like this spiral mooncake.

In the process of this mooncake, the weather is hot and I can't on the fan as I need to dust flour on the mat for making this mooncake to prevent the skin sticking on the mat. If on the fan, the flour will fly all over place.



















recipe is from http://www.houseofannie.com/pandan-spiral-moon-cake-recipe/

For the Moon Cake Filling:

Ingredients:
300g sweet potatoes (purple ones preferable)—start with about 400-500g sweet potatoes unpeeled.
1/4 cup milk
2 oz butter
1/4-1/2 cup sugar (depending on how sweet your sweet potatoes are, just taste and add more sugar to taste)
1/2 tsp salt
Method:
1. Boil sweet potatoes then peel and mash the sweet potatoes.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients to the mashed potatoes and mix till it forms a paste.
3. Roll out into 20 balls. Put aside while making the pastry dough.

For the Moon Cake Dough:

Ingredients:Water Dough (A)
200g unbleached all-purpose flour (i replace 33g(cornflour)/167g(plain flour)
28g icing sugar
pinch of salt
80g cold butter
80g water

Oil Dough (B)
180g unbleached all-purpose flour (i replace 30g(cornflour)/150g(plain flour)
pinch of salt
90g vegetable oil
red and green colouring (depend on how your want the colour to be)

Method:1. For the water dough, sift flour, sugar and salt. Then cut butter into flour mixture using fingertips or pastry blender until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add in water and mix to form a soft, non-sticky dough. If it is sticky, you will need to add a bit more flour to get it to be the right texture. You should be able to form a soft ball that won’t stick to your hands. You don’t have to knead it. Cover and set aside to rest for 20 mins.
2. For the oil dough, sift flour and salt. Then, make a well in the centre of the flour and add in oil and pandan essence. Draw in the flour from the sides and mix to form a soft even coloured dough (same thing here, if it’s too sticky, add more dough till you form a soft ball that doesn’t stick to your hands). Divide the dough into half, add in the colour into the individual oil dough. Cover and set aside for 20 mins.

To assemble and bake:
3. Preheat oven to 185 C or 350 F.
4. Divide A, B(red), B(green) into 10 equal balls.
5. Wrap B(red) into B(green) or vice visa (C(
6. Taking one piece of (A), flatten and wrap (C) in it. Pinch to seal edges.
7. With the sealed side facing up, roll into a rectangle.
8. Roll up like a snail to form a ‘cylinder’, turn the cylinder 90 degrees, with the end facing up.
9. Roll again into a long thin strip.
10. Using a sharp knife or a pastry cutter, cut the cylinder in the middle into two pieces.
11. With the cut side facing down, flatten the dough, making the edges slightly thinner than the centre. I tend to leave a little hump in the center so that when the filling is wrapped around the pastry, the dough will be evenly thick all around (looks like a Mexican sombrero).
12. Wrap the filling and pinch to seal. Try not to ‘tug/pull’ too hard, otherwise the layers will tear. Best to flatten the dough larger than smaller so it’s easier to pinch. And when you pinch, you will find that the bottom looks ugly—don’t worry about it.

below is the video on how to do the skin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vKnzqG8d0Fk

13. Place sealed side down on lined baking tray and bake for about 30 mins until the top and bottom are a light golden brown.

After making the third time, I realised that I had done a mistake in making this spiral mooncake. Will try again, i believe the next time i will succeed, and also I found someone to finish up for me that will be Christina (my good buddy) ha ha. Tks to her.