Mooncakes or yue bing are Chinese miniature bakery goods that fit into the palm of your hand. Here's a quick recipe and some ...

Traditional mooncake molds often include an imprint of the Chinese characters for “harmony” or “longevity,” which decorates the surface of the mooncake.

Mooncakes are simple once you get the hang of them and only need 15 minutes in the oven, and as long as you have a mooncake mold, the process is basically foolproof. There are only two main ...

Brush off excess starch, and place into a 1 1/2-inch wooden mooncake mold. Gently but firmly press mooncake into mold; flip mold over to release. Repeat process with remaining filling and mochi skin.

A mooncake mold is seen at Magic Gourmet Trading Inc. in Millbrae, Calif., on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. Wooden molds have been replaced by machinery that has automated part of the mooncake ...

Put it into a mooncake mold. 10. Place the mold on a baking tray (lined with parchment paper if necessary). Gently press to shape. Repeat for the remaining mooncakes. advertisement.

An ancient baking mold of mooncake is seen at a folk culture museum in Hefei, capital of East China's Anhui Province, September 5, 2013. Mooncake is a Chinese bakery product traditionally eaten ...

Each mooncake mold has a distinctive shape and requires numerous steps. “First off, I have to turn a solid block of wood to a specific frame that the client has ordered,” Ban said. The modified block ...