Mum's moon cake

Ghost month is ending.... That means it's time for moon cakes and lanterns soon!

Time really flies. I remember writing about my way of eating moon cake only not long ago. Has it been one year?

I started eating moon cakes weeks ago. *lucky me* I remember years ago when we were studying in Aus, moon cake festival felt like any other normal day. One day, we sat together and talked about how much we missed moon cakes and colourful lanterns back home. Mum being mum, she decided to make moon cakes for us to cheer us up.....

Mum did make 4 moon cakes with her hands. I remember them sitting on a white plate on the dining table. They looked exactly like store bought! We were as happy as a butterfly and all of us couldn't wait to dig in. Upon one bite, we realised that the moon cakes were hard like a rock! We even threw it on the floor and it was still in ONE piece! haha...

I remember dad laughingly said that if the world ever runs out of rocks and stones, we could get mum to make. Muahaha.. i imagine a house made with moon cakes instead of bricks. Would it attract lots of ants ah?

This year, my mum decided to challenge moon cake making again. I was a bit doubtful coz if they are rock-hard, what should we do with them? Use them as weapons or build a moon cake house for Tiger?

That day, i went home and found moon cakes on the table. This time they tasted superb! just like the moon cakes made by professionals!

Homemade mooncakes

They weren't hard at all... Mum said she used the wrong flour last time because when too much golden syrup is mixed with plain flour, it means hardened dough... Oooo....Mystery revealed!

I wonder if mum could make me a special mooncake with ONLY salted egg york filling...