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Mooncakes with a Difference! (Part 1)

The commonest mooncakes that we see during the Mid-Autumn Festival are typically round or square in shape, with either a baked brown crust or snow-skin exterior. Then in 1994, Raffles Hotel created the innovative and highly sought after champagne truffle mooncakes. That spawned a new line of exciting modern mooncakes!

Since then, mooncakes never really did quite stay the same. Merchants strive to outdo each other in concocting the most unusual and delicious mooncake recipes. Here are some of the more unique and innovative modern mooncakes.

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Well-known for their attention to aesthetics, the Japanese have created some very beautiful mooncakes. These mooncakes from Japanese confectionery, minamoto kitchoan, are handmade with red or white bean paste. Aren’t these the sweetest?

Rainbow Soda Snow-skin & Pandan Custard Lotus Snow-skin Mooncakes
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Not to be outdone, local baker, bossacafez, has come out with a line of very colourful mooncakes made using unique recipes. I especially like the candy-coloured ones on the left that are made with aerated mineral water. The green ones are pandan custard lotus snow-skin mooncakes.

Cherry Coconut Snow-skin & Apple-shaped Flaky Pastry Mooncakes
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More sweetness! Milky white snow-skin mooncakes filled with a mixture of cherries, desiccated and moist flaky coconut. Pretty!

What’s more, she has even made colourful apple-shaped mooncakes, complete with green leaves!

Mooncake Cupcakes
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Mooncake cupcakes! East meets west! The fusion of these two types of pastries is concocted by yet another talented baker, chockylit.

Mooncake Cupcake
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Her mooncake cupcakes have date-pineapple cream cheese frosting and a red bean paste filling.

Mini mooncakes
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Okay, I know these aren’t exactly real mooncakes… But look! How cute!

Mini mooncakes
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I am a total sucker for all things miniature, and these wee little mooncakes are just too darn cute!

Mini mooncakes
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Even babies love ‘em!

Pig-shaped mooncake biscuit
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Remember these adorable piggy-shaped mooncake biscuits? In Chinese, they are known as “猪仔饼”. I ate a lot of this when I was young. They tend to come in little colourful cages and hence they are also called “猪笼饼”. Eating this just brings back fond memories!

More creative mooncakes to follow tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Tags: Chinese, cupcake, Mid-autumn, mooncake, pastry

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Daphne Maia
22 comments

i dont really like the snow skin mooncakes, so i dont go for those colourful types. but they sure are pretty to look at!
as for filling i only eat white lotus paste..
n must have 2 yolks in it…
oh n my fave is the shanghai mooncake cos i love the pastry of those mooncakes! haha… im just a fussy eater, i know. hehe
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 12:26 am
chillycraps
42 comments

wow I always thought mooncakes are boring…
your photos are so colourful~! and the piggy is so cute~
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 6:32 am
Joyz
43 comments

The pig does bring back loving memories, I remembered eating them when I was young….how nostalgic! Should get some to munch on to relive those days! Those cupcakes are a nice fusion too…chefs nowadays are really innovative.
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 11:06 am
Mark
1 comment

Wow! Pretty mooncake… I will spend my time by just looking it, enough! And what a great picture you take.
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 5:46 pm
py
183 comments

How beautiful and exquisite mooncakes these are. I may just like Mark, look at it.
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 9:57 pm
Veron
3439 comments

Daphne Maia: Snow-skin mooncakes are my favourite! Although I have to add that I’m not exactly a huge fan of mooncakes in general.
chillycraps: Yeah. Competition spurs innovation. Sellers would find means and ways to make their mooncakes stand out.
Joyz: We can still get those piggy biscuits today! When you buy mooncakes you just have to ask for them. I have been munching on some of these over the past few days.
Mark: Awww… I would love to take full credit for taking these great pictures but I can’t!
py: I know! These mooncakes look so interesting, I just have to share them with my readers.
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Posted September 25, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Margie at Limited Edition Foods
1 comment

These are so lovely, thank you so much for this post. And I love your blog theme it is a pleasure to look at!
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Posted October 14, 2007 at 6:25 am
toto
1 comment

Your webpage are interesting!!!
I also like about dessert, :-b I really want to eat now.
In the another time, I think you must have more about dessert japan like ” Kininaru Ringo ” there also make me hungry. I going to eat something liked banana.[555]
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Posted May 18, 2009 at 9:04 pm
Fei
23 comments

Very cute photo of the piglet!!
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Posted September 28, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Crystal
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they look so beautiful! The mid autumn festival for 2010 is coming soon, in September, the same month as my b’day! So excited!
Btw, the first photo you posted from a Japanese confectionery, those are NOT mooncakes, they’re actually traditional Japanese confectioneries called ‘Wagashi’, they are often served with tea.
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Posted August 7, 2010 at 10:20 am
Joanne
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Hey guys I think you all should check out these 2 creative bakers especially their 2011 year mooncakes creation –
1. http://www.anncoojournal.com/2011/09/handmade-piggy-mooncakes.html by Anncoo
2. http://hankerie.blogspot.com/2011/09/diy-bunny-mochi-mooncake.html by Hankerie
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Posted September 15, 2011 at 5:26 pm