Snow Skin Lotus Paste Mooncake
July 26, 2008
*Drum Roll* Introducing my very 1st homemade moon cakes! 100% homemade! Homemade snow skin with <homemade lotus paste>! 
I must say, it is pretty fun to make these lil ones! The only fuss will be the cooking of lotus paste, other than that, the rest is like ABC.
Ordered this mooncake mould from Elyn of Shop and Bake sometime back… received them in May and have been wanting to try them out! Been putting the thought on hold as It just seems too early to welcome Mid-Autumn Festival!
Recently, both Ling and I have been doing some “research” for recipes to try out, Yummy recipes from Aunty Yochana such as <this> , <this> , <this> and <this> really excites me! Before venturing into these “high level” recipes, i decided to start simple… 
so here it is… a simple plain snow skin with lotus paste.
Ingredients: (makes 10 x 5.2cm diameter mooncakes)
Snow Skin
100g Koh fun (commercial fried glutinous rice flour)
70g Icing sugar
30g Shortening
120g Cold water
Fillings
300g Lotus Paste
50g Melon Seeds
Steps:
Snow skin
- Sift Koh Fun and Icing sugar into a mixing bowl.
- Rub shortening into the flour mixture.
- Gradually mix in cold water till a soft dough forms.
- Scale and weigh 30g per portion for each mooncake. (According to the size of your mooncake mould.)
Fillings
- Mix together lotus paste with melon seeds
- Scale and weigh 40g per portion for each mooncake filling. (According to the size of your mooncake mould.)
Assemble
- Wrap each portion of filling with a portion of snow skin.
- Press into mooncake mould.
- Knock out and chill before serving.
Verdict?
Pretty impressed with the soft texture of the snow skin *yum yum* shall update on the texture of the snow skin after a few days. And for the mould… just like what Elyn promised! It is sooooo easy to use! 
no knocking or banging… 1 Word, NICE!
*UPDATES* the snow skin stays soft for up to 5 days! i stored mine in a container and pop it into the fridge. the skin tasted soft even after chilling. can be consumed immediately out of the fridge unlike some snow skin which tasted kind of hard.
- .: Amanda :.
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Hi Amanda, your mooncakes sure look nice! I’m glad to know that you find the moulds easy to use too! Look forward to see more moonies from you
Beautiful! I’m sure u will be busy trying out other mooncake flavours too. Look forward for more. ;p
oh my goodness… it’s so pretty!! i want to make some too. ok..i shall attempt the jelly version 1 soon then.. we shall make them together!
Wow you are fast! Now already started making moonies. Great job! Look forward to your other moonies. Btw, your lotus paste looks great and healtheir.
How’s the texture and taste? Difficult to make?
Elyn, Many thanks for the nice mould!
really thankful and it doesnt require dusting with flour at all! so loving it! 
SSB, yes~ i spend my whole weekend thinking of new flavors! >.< fillings and all… hee~ so looking forward to try out others…
Ling, yes! looking forward to mooncaking session with u!
Aimei, yea healthier! as i reduced the sugar and oil content, i must say if u wan a more fragrant-ful paste, u really need to use those nut based (peanut etc) oil.
As for the texture, though i reduced the oil amt, it is still very smooth!
difficulty level wise, i felt it is the patience required, as u need to keep stirring the mixture
The mooncake looks so lovely
i’d definitely try this recipe soon!
longan
The mooncake looks really good! Is it gonna be the Mid-Autumn festival soon?
Hiya sweetie…yum yum yum…I love how sweet these look! xoxoxo
Dear Amanda,
I saw you got the mould from Eyln too. Can I ask a question? The ones you made are mini snow skin, right? So the skin should be 30gm but the filling 40gm? You use 300gm of lotus paste, so every filling is around 30gm+melon seed, right? Thanks.
Wanna: Yes they are ard 5.2cm in diameter. i consider them small size mooncakes
the filling is about 30-40gm 
Congratulations !
They look so delicious !
I’m drooling over it. Wish I can make them myself … unfortunately hubby don’t care a foot about them so if I make them, I have to eat them all by myself 
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hi, the mooncakes look yummy. i’m thinking of doing some myself. may i noe whre u’ve bought the mould and the ingredients? can email me?
tks
=)
Hi,
i’ve been trying out snowskin these few days, but the problem is that , the patterns/shape of the mooncakes are not defined. I noticed yours looks good! is it because of the mould you are using? im currently using wooden mould, no matter how hard i press the mooncake, the patterns are not define like yours. and often i need to coat them with kao fen so that they dont stick to the mould, and its hard to remove the kao fen from the mooncake afterwards. need your advice.. thanks!
oh ya one more question, can it be used for traditional mooncake ?
Hi, i’ve used the same recipe as you and also bought the mooncake mould from elyn, and the moonies turn out great! Although i wanted to try out your recipe on home-made lotus paste, i’m simply too busy & ‘lazy’. Still toying the idea of preparing the paste myself…
Btw, i love your blog ^.^
Hello, Amanda:
I have trouble to figure out the metric system of measurement and it is not just the weight conversion. In the U.S. ,we do not use weight as measurement, we use volume for our recipes, for example, we use cup, fluid ounce, TBSP, tsp, etc. Do you use a food scale for cooking? Do you have a fluid ounce equivalent for your recipes?
Hello, Amanda:
I have trouble to figure out the metric system of measurement and it is not just the weight conversion. In the U.S. ,we do not use weight as measurement, we use volume for our recipes, for example, we use cup, fluid ounce, TBSP, tsp, etc. Do you use a food scale for cooking? Do you have a fluid ounce equivalent for your recipes?
Jason, U.S.A.
trish, I got my mould from elyn of , a plunger kind of mooncake mould, easy to use and clean. =) no, this recipe is for snowskin mooncakes only, you need to get a traditional mooncake recipe for baked mooncakes.
bakingoncloud9, Thanks for your kind comments! =) i’m glad u enjoyed it!
Jason, yes, i used a metric food scale for measuring my ingredients. normally in grams. i’m sorry, i do not have the ounce equivalent for my recipes =(
Hi amanda,
thanks for your feedback. but i get confused about ur name. unsure if you are amanda or mandy..
anyway, i meant is the mould able to use for traditional mooncake?
i really love mooncake..out of curiosity here, urm..don’t u have to bake it?Tq
Hi Trish, sorry to confuse u
some close friends love to call me mandy.. therefore it is like a “2nd” name? 
yes, most certainly, u can use it to make your traditional mooncakes.
Salma, Hi! nope, for snow skin mooncakes you do not have to bake them =)
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hi, was just wondering does shortening refer to butter? thanks lots (:
Hi,
I am buying some of the mooncake moulds from Elyn but I do not know how to make mooncake … I know is simple on writing. However, I would like to have some hands-on. Can you advise me where can I go for lessons?
Thank you so much …. best regards, Carly
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Hi-
The snow skin moon cake look so yummy, can u tell
me where i can buy this plastic press mold, i will love to try out this recipe.
Thanks.
I will like to ask that for this snow skin recipe,can the shortening change to butter?
Hi, wld like to get hold of those wonderful moulds fr Elyn.
How can I reach her? Casey
Hi
Just chanced upon this website. Very interested in getting the mooncake mould. How do I get in contact with Elyn.
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Hi,
I’m very interested in getting the moooncake mould. I’ll need 3 or 4 sets.
Yeeman USA
may i know if i can replace shortening with anything else? I can’t get shortenings here.. thanks
Hi Amanda,
I ordered mooncake mould from Elyn recently! Cant wait to try your recipe out.
Hi,
I am trying to do my own snow skin mooncake but I have a problem with the fried glutinous rice flour. I only can get the normal glutinous rice flour but not the “fried” want. Can I just use the glutinous rice flour?
Jenny
Jenny, I read from somewhere else that you can “cook” normal glutinous rice flour in oven. Maybe you can google for it.
Hi, where can i get the moulds? i cant get into Elyn’s blog.
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hi Amanda
I am in the hunt for mooncake moulds, can you please contact me by email please. Thank you.
Hi,
Can you please tell me where I can buy the Koh Fun flour? I searched all Asian grocery stores but was not able to find it. Thanks for your help.
we always use digital food scales in our kitchen coz they are very accurate “
digital kitchen scales are the stuff that i always use on my kitchen when i weight things .~*
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