All about Cakes & Cookies Baking

[dasalo]

peapot:

Luckily these days we have ready made lotus paste. Imagine if you need to do this by yourself...Aiyo a lot of hard work.

Peapot, homemade lotus paste has an extraordinary taste. I still make the paste if I homemake mooncakes.

Worldangel,

Just wondering, if you use \"Tang Mien fen, 澄面粉\", do you have to dry fry the flour first before you use? I understand \"kou fen\" has been cooked before, am I right?

[worldangel]

dasalo:

peapot:

Luckily these days we have ready made lotus paste. Imagine if you need to do this by yourself...Aiyo a lot of hard work.

Peapot, homemade lotus paste has an extraordinary taste. I still make the paste if I homemake mooncakes.

Worldangel,

Just wondering, if you use \"Tang Mien fen, 澄面粉\", do you have to dry fry the flour first before you use? I understand \"kou fen\" has been cooked before, am I right?

Yea, I don't think I will have the patience to make the paste myself.

Yes, kou fen has been fried before. I am not too sure whether you need to dry the tang mien flour or not. You can try one batch that hasn't been fried and one that has been to see the difference in the texture. Or you can just replace that amount with kou fen. I did that yesterday and the texture turns out smoother and less likely to stick to my mould.

[Blessed Homemaker]

For snow skin mooncakes, I've been using Fenying's recipe, very good. Skin is soft even when just taken out from fridge.


I made these last year, no plans to make any snow skin this year.

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[Happy Mama]

peapot:

Luckily these days we have ready made lotus paste. Imagine if you need to do this by yourself...Aiyo a lot of hard work.

Heehee! I don't think I've got the patience to make the paste.

[Happy Mama]

worldangel:

So far the biggest selection of paste is available in KCT (3 minute walk from Aljunied MRT) so you might want to go there and take a look. They allow you to taste the paste before buying.


I just made another batch of snowskin mooncakes and this time instead of using 90g kou fen, I increased it to 100g. Surprisingly, the look of the skin is better and smoother now. It is also not as sticky so easier to come out from the mould. So you might want to increase kou fen to 100g if you are not using tang mien.

Thanks for your info... KCT is a little far for me. So looks like I'll either get from Sun Lik or Phoon Huat.
Ok will take note of the quantity.
:thankyou:

[Happy Mama]

worldangel:

Yes, kou fen has been fried before. I am not too sure whether you need to dry the tang mien flour or not. You can try one batch that hasn't been fried and one that has been to see the difference in the texture. Or you can just replace that amount with kou fen. I did that yesterday and the texture turns out smoother and less likely to stick to my mould.

Hi worldangel, the recipe didn't mention anything about frying the flour. How do I fry the flour? Over the stove on low heat? When do I stop?
Thank you.

[Happy Mama]

dasalo:

peapot:

Luckily these days we have ready made lotus paste. Imagine if you need to do this by yourself...Aiyo a lot of hard work.

Peapot, homemade lotus paste has an extraordinary taste. I still make the paste if I homemake mooncakes.

:scratchhead: Hmmm, dasalo, now you're getting me tempted.... Tempted to know what the extraordinary taste is like.

[worldangel]

Happy Mama:

worldangel:

Yes, kou fen has been fried before. I am not too sure whether you need to dry the tang mien flour or not. You can try one batch that hasn't been fried and one that has been to see the difference in the texture. Or you can just replace that amount with kou fen. I did that yesterday and the texture turns out smoother and less likely to stick to my mould.

Hi worldangel, the recipe didn't mention anything about frying the flour. How do I fry the flour? Over the stove on low heat? When do I stop?
Thank you.

Oh you just need to buy kou fen, which is fried glutinous flour. It has already been fried for you and ready to use when you open the packet so don't need frying on your part. Available in Phoon Huat definitely cos I got mine from there. Make sure you get the fried version (it will also be stated as kou fen).

[Happy Mama]

worldangel:

Oh you just need to buy kou fen, which is fried glutinous flour. It has already been fried for you and ready to use when you open the packet so don't need frying on your part. Available in Phoon Huat definitely cos I got mine from there. Make sure you get the fried version (it will also be stated as kou fen).

Oic. :thankyou:

[worldangel]

Happy Mama:

worldangel:

Oh you just need to buy kou fen, which is fried glutinous flour. It has already been fried for you and ready to use when you open the packet so don't need frying on your part. Available in Phoon Huat definitely cos I got mine from there. Make sure you get the fried version (it will also be stated as kou fen).

Oic. :thankyou:

Have fun making the mooncakes! :rahrah: