Sakura Snowskin Mooncake/Osmanthus Oolong Snowskin Mooncake
Do you remember my blog post in April this year, Sakura Roll using the pickled sakura flowers and ume paste? I also bought a small packet of the Cherry Blossom An Paste at that time but didn’t use it as I wanted to keep for making snowskin mooncake. The An Paste has a slight scent of the sakura flowers and it is very smooth, and the sweetness is just to my liking. So here is my Sakura Snowskin Mooncake 桜花冰皮月饼 that I would like to share with you. Do you find the mooncake sweet looking?
Sakura Snowskin Mooncake
桜花冰皮月饼
- Ingredients (dough skin makes about 15 pcs)
- 25g Kao fen (糕粉-cooked glutinous rice flour)
- 115g Snowskin flour ( KCT Pinpe Premix Powder )
- 25g Icing sugar (sifted)
- 23g Crisco
- 150g Water (boil 220g water with 2 pandan leaves, leave to cool) and measure 150g water.
- some extra kao fen for dusting
- 150g Cherry Blossom An Paste ( roll 30g an paste into ball, makes 5)
- 5 Pickled Sakura Cherry Blossoms
- Rinse off the salt on the Pickled Sakura Cherry Blossoms and soak them for 2 hours and gently pat dry with paper towel.
Method:
- Combine kao fen and snowskin flour (KWT Pinpe Premix Powder) in a medium bowl and set aside.
- In a pot, add 2 pandan leaves water with icing sugar and shortening together and bring them to boil until shortening melted, stir with a hand whisk.
- Pour the hot liquid mixture to the flour and use spatula to stir mixture to soft dough and leave dough to cool (you’ll find the dough is quite oily at this time) then knead dough again to smooth, add more kao fen to it if the dough is still too sticky.
- Measure dough to 25g and wrap in 30g cherry blossom an paste.
- Roll it into a ball and place the pickled sakura on top. Dip the ball on to the kao fen, not too much and gently roll the ball again to get even dusted kao fen.
- Then press firmly into mould ~ unmould and store the mooncake in an airtight container.
- Chill snowskin mooncakes before consuming.
If you’re interested to buy the pickled sakura flowers and cherry blossom an paste, you can order online here.
Below are pictures of Osmanthus Oolong Snowskin Mooncake 桂花乌龙冰皮月饼 that I made with the osmanthus oolong tea lotus paste (from KCT). I love the aroma of the osmanthus that pairs well with Oolong tea flavour which gives it a lingering floral sense of satisfaction.
I replaced the pandan leaves with 1/2 tablespoons of dried osmanthus flowers, boiled and soak it for few minutes and strain. Others ingredients are exactly the same as the above.
Osmanthus Oolong Snowskin Mooncake
桂花乌龙冰皮月饼
For making snowskin mooncakes, as usual I prefer to boil the water with pandan leaves first before mixing in the ingredients. This is because I find that the smell of the kao fen (cooked glutinous flour) is too strong to my liking. You can boil more pandan water, strain and keep in the fridge for 3 – 5 days for future use.
I am submitting this to the Little Thumbs Up “Pandan” event organized
by Bake for Happy Kids, my little favourite DIY and hosted by Butter, Flour & Me.
Ann…. Just one word, Awesome and you're so creative!Ann, they are simply awesome and you're so creative!
Oh, sakura mooncake, look so nice, sound like a great idea using pickled sakura!
Hi AnnI could not understand the dough skin makes about 15 pcs and the paste is about 5 pcs. Then what to do with the 10 pcs?Please advise.Thank you.Mixue
Hi Ann,This is really gorgeous…you are so talented!BTW, I like your version of snowskin very much, thanks for sharing!
Hi Cookie,Thank you!Oh, I saw your cute snowskin piggies. Look cute and thank you for the shout out 🙂
Ann, that's a piece of art! Too pretty to eat…
Hi Ann
Like to also ask if there is a need to sift the kao fen and snowskin flour.
Thank you.
Mixue
Hi Mixue,The dough skin can make up to about 15 pcs and my sakura paste is only 150grams, so can only make about 5 pcs. If you're using lotus paste, then you can make total 15 pcs.
no need to the the kao fen and snowskin. Just do it straight away.
Hi Ann, May I know from where u get the oolong tea lotus paste and the sakura paste? possible to get it in Singapore?
Hi, The Oolong tea lotus paste is from KCT 广祥泰 and for the sakura paste, you have to order online. I already add the link before the recipe on top.
These are so stunning! Beautiful!
Hi Ann,
Where can I get the Oolong tea paste?
Thank you.
Mixue
Hi Mixue, I bought it at 广祥泰。
Ann, these two mooncakes are a work of art! Beautiful!
Hello Ann, I like both mooncakes, especially the filling of Sakura snowskin mooncake.
Can I ask you a question? I always thought that kao fen and snowskin flour are the same. May I know how you cooked kao fen? Are you made or bought it off the shelf? Thanks for your sharing
Hi Vivienne, Kao fen is cooked glutinous flour. The premix snowskin flour have added some soft agent inside to make the dough skin smooth and soft.I didn't cook the kao fen myself, always got it at the bakery ingredient shops.
Ann, all your mooncakes are so sweet and yummy but I feel so 'sayang' to eat it, hahaha…Thanks for sharing such a wonderful recipe 🙂
Thank you Ivy. hahaa…no need to feel 'sayang', just make some and share with your family. They'll be very delighted 😀
Ann, 这个月饼实在太漂亮了!我也有这个馅料, 买了到现在都没用到, 太贪心了!嘻嘻!
哟哟哟。。。实在太美丽了,好像在冰天雪地里浪漫的吃着甜品的感觉。。。让人眼前一亮的月饼。我没有买过这个馅料,好奇什么味道?
Hi AnnYour Sakura mooncakes are so beautiful and so 'sweet'. I want to eat!
我觉得你的月饼美极了,大大喜欢!!
这是我这辈子看过最浪漫的月饼了,你太厉害了!
你的月饼真美,我也打算做那个sakura的,因为那个jam还有很多:)
我想起来了。。。你最近好像用了来做饼干,对吗?我买的jam才150g左右,才做出五粒而已,一下子就被吃进肚子。
好喜欢这个樱花月饼,很高雅,很日本的感觉。
谢谢你的赞美:)
Hi Ann, very nice!! 🙂
professionally done! they are really beautiful! it seems there are more and more unique fillings in the market now..but ipoh here maybe a bit slow..havent seen any fillings with tea yet..except for green tea
It looks great. Thank you for sharing
This is a cake beauty! O My God, I have to buy that pretty Sakura when I'm in Kyoto 😀
Oh my goodness, Ann, this is just so pretty! You are so creative! Can I have one, please?
Hi Yin, hahaa….this sakura mooncake is very limited 😀 Because the paste is only about 250g. Only made few pieces, all inside the stomach already 😀
Hi Ann, WOW! This is an amazing post! Fabulous mooncakes & the pictures are so gorgeous! These mooncakes look so beautiful & prefectly done . LOVE it! 😉
Hi Kit, Thank you very much for your compliment 🙂
Dear Ann,
Your moon cakes look absolutely stunning! So pretty and so enticing …. ummm I'm salivating. Oops.
Regards,
Patsy
Your mooncakes are gorgeos! Even better than those I've seen in the bakeries! For this year's Mid-autumn festival, I haven't make moon cakes yet and I think I should get started soon. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing your gorgeous creations.
Hi Ann, your snow skin moon cake is EXCELLENT! I'm impressed, they are really beautiful and inviting.
Have a nice day.
Hi Ann,
Where u bought the mould for making the oolong snowskin mooncake ? the flower print looks sweet.
Thanks
Hi Jessica, The mould is from KCT at the price of $5.50.
Hi Ann,Oh. let me go and check it out at KCT tomorrow. btw this mould. how many gram for skin and how many gram for fillings ??? Thanks.
Extraordinary mooncakes! They are so so pretty and sweet. You are very creative indeed and you have brought the plain snowskin Mooncake to another level. Well done, Ann.
Hi Veronica, Thank you very much for your awesome compliment 🙂 Wish I an share with you my mooncakes.
beautiful creations!!
These mooncakes are gorgeous, absolutely so!
姐姐啊~~ 美呆啦!!!巧手~~
花香阵阵!!
Hi Ann, I love your creations, especially the Sakura mooncake, so pretty…:)
太棒了。。。那多樱花也太美了吧!!喜欢哦。。。
Hi Ann! The sakura mooncake looks so delicate and pretty!
OMG!!! They both look stunning!!!! But i still prefer the Osmanthus Oolong Snowskin Mooncake more because i just simply love Osmanthus!!! 🙂
Ellena,I also like the Osmanthus Oolong Snowskin mooncake. Very nice 🙂
哇!去了 may 家,再来 ann 的家。大家的月饼都那么美丽。ideal 都很好。美极了。照片也拍得好好看。明天你就可以把相片 link 去我家的 ‘小青蛙’那里了。谢谢你的 support。
我觉得May拍的照片很美,好像一朵大花似的。
You added a very romantic feel to mid autumn festival. Love it!
Edith, Thank you 🙂
Ann,好高雅的月饼!很喜欢!!!!我想有点不舍得吃,哈。。。。。你真的好棒!
Aunty Young,谢谢你的赞美。
Deeply impressed by the Sakura Snowskin MooncakeIt looks so classy and elegant lol ^^
谢谢你。我想你做的月饼一定也很棒!
Ann, 你的月饼太太太美了!尤其是那桜花冰皮月饼,我太太太喜欢了!太太太棒了!哈哈!
谢谢!谢谢你!呵呵。。。
Ann , these are picture-perfect mooncakes ! The embedded sakura blossom looks so pretty 😀 Well done !
Thank you Ann 🙂
精致得我都不舍得吃啦
Victoria, 你做的也很棒!
these look so pretty. I love visiting your blog cos your food is so pretty 🙂
Nammi, Thank you very much for your lovely compliment 🙂
these look so pretty. I love visiting your blog cos your food is so pretty 🙂
these look so pretty. I love visiting your blog cos your food is so pretty 🙂
Hi Anne,Jessie told the ignorant me about sakura flowers before but the chicken me is afraid that this ingredient might be confiscated by the Aus custom and decided not to bring these back from Singapore…Can only enjoy these beautiful mooncakes visually at your blog!!! *sign*Zoe
Zoe, I think is not a problem to bring in the pickled sakura to Aust but not for the paste. Actually there is a Japanese fish market carry stock of this pickled sakura but was quickly snapped out by many local bloggers. You can order online if you need it.
Hi Anncoo,I bought the KCT premix bingpi mix (from taiwan), and the auntie said must boil it with golden syrup. is it necessary ? I saw your recipe do not have that step.Thanks.
Hi Jessica, You can see that their instruction from the package is different from mine. You can either follow theirs or my recipe here.
我没有忘记过你的樱花,实在太漂亮了!我好喜欢!