1. 2 lb Cake flour.
2. 1 1/4 C sugar syrup
3. 1 C canola oil
4. 1 t backing soda
5. 1 T water
6. 4 lb read bean paste
See picture below for the main ingredients and moon cake models:
1. Mix 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 tablespoon water in a small bowl.
2. Place cake flour, sugar syrup, oil, and baking soda mixture in a container. Mix everything very well. The dough should be very soft. Cover the container, and sit the dough aside about 4 hours.
3. Get red bean paste to a container, and add some backed flour if the red bean paste is not dry enough. Place the red bean paste in the refrigerator for few hours (to make red bean paste solider), take the red bean paste out from refrigerator, divide the red bean paste to about 20-25 (100 gram moon cake model), and make each of them to a ball as filling, and place all balls in a plate, and put the plate back in a refrigerator if not using immediate.
4. Divide the dough to 20-25 pieces, and make each piece to a smooth ball, and roll each of ball to a round wrap, place a red bean paste filling in the center of the wrap, and wrap it to a ball again, place the ball to a moon cake model to make a pretty moon cake, see the detailed direction in picture below:
5. Preheat oven with 375 F.
6. Beat 2 egg yolk with 2 tablespoon of water while waiting for oven is preheating.
7. Place the moon cakes to oven for 7 - 8 minutes (you will need two cooking sheets), take the moon cake out, brush the moon cake with egg yuk. Reduce the oven temperature to 350 F
8. Place the moon cakes back to oven for another 5 minutes, take the moon cake out, brush the moon cake with egg yuk again.
9. Place the moon cake back for another 4-5 minutes, all moon cakes should be golden brown. Take the moon cake out, cover them when them are at room temperature .
10. Sit them for 3-4 days, then the moon cakes are ready for eating.
