Introduction of moon-cake

Moon cake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten during the mid-autumn festival. The mid-autumn is one of four most important festivals. Most moon cakes consist of a thin tender skin enveloping a sweet, dense filling. The moon cake may contain one or more whole salted egg yolks in its centre to symbolize the full moon. Very rarely, moon cakes are also served steamed or fried, traditional moon cake have an imprint on top consisting of the Chinese characters for “longevity” or “harmony” as well as the name of the bakery and the filling in the moon cake. Many types of fillings can be found in traditional moon cakes according to the region’s culture include: lotus seed paste, sweet bean paste. Jujube paste and kernels.