Grandmas Moon Cake Recipes

EASY MOONCAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix golden syrup, lye water, and vegetable oil accurately in a mixing bowl.
• Sieve the flour. Add all at once to the above mixture.
• Combine all the ingredients.
• Place the dough on a piece of cling wrap. Refrigerate for thirty minutes to let the dough relax.
• Wash the salted egg yolk with water to remove the white sticking to the yolk. Pat dry.
• Wrap the yolk with the lotus paste
• Then roll it into a ball. Set aside.
• Roll out the pastry in between two plastic sheets or cling wraps.
• Remove the cling film on top, fold the pastry toward the filling.
• Pinch away the excess pastry where the pastry is double folded to ensure consistent thickness.
• Roll the mooncake with your palms to form a ball.
• Roll the mooncake on a surface dusted with flour.
• Plunge the piston of the mold to the flour, and shake off the excess.
• Place the dough on the baking tray.
• Put the mooncake mold on the dough and plunge the piston downward. The dough will take the shape of the mold, and the pattern will be imprinted on the surface.
• Bake it at the middle rack, 175°C/350°F top and bottom temperature for five minutes or until the surface starts to firm up.
• Remove the mooncake from the oven and brush the surface of the mooncake with egg wash.
• Bake for another ten minutes or until golden brown.
• Remove the cake from the oven to cool at room temperature.
• Transfer the mooncake to an airtight container and keep for three days before serve.

GRANDMA'S POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
• Beat butter with an electric mixer until soft and creamy, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go, about 2 minutes. Gradually add in sugar on medium speed. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until the yellow disappears from the previous one.
• Combine flour and baking soda in a bowl. Add sour cream to the creamed butter mixture alternately with the flour, ending with sour cream. Beat in vanilla and almond extract just until combined. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 30 minutes. Dust with powdered sugar.

GRANDMA'S CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat butter and 1 cup of the sugar in large bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Blend in eggs and vanilla. Add flour, cereal and baking powder; mix well. Pour into lightly greased 13x9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Meanwhile, mix remaining 1 cup sugar and water in small saucepan. Bring to boil on medium-high heat. Boil 5 minutes.
• Remove cake from oven. Immediately pour hot sugar mixture over cake. Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into 24 squares to serve.

MOON CAKE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil. Add flour all at once and stir until mixture forms a ball. Remove from heat and cool slightly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition., Spread on a greased 15x10x1-in. jelly roll pan. Bake at 400° for 30 minutes. Cool but do not prick, leaving surface with its "moon-like" appearance. , Meanwhile, for filling, beat pudding and milk until thick. Add cream cheese; blend well. Spread on crust; refrigerate 20 minutes. Top with whipped topping. Drizzle chocolate sauce over top and sprinkle with nuts.

GRANDMA'S MATRIMONIAL CAKE

Steps:

• Date filling: Place water and dates in saucepan. Cover and cook on low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the filling is thickened and smooth. If the cooking mixture is too thick, add a little water.
• Stir in the lemon juice. Set aside.
• cake:.
• Mix flour, oats, brown sugar and baking soda.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
• Press half of the crumbs into a greased 9 x 13 pan.
• Top with Date filling mixture. Spread evenly with a spatula.
• Top with remaining half of crumbs.
• Bake 350 35 minutes til lightly browned.
• Cut into 42 bars.

GREAT GRANDMA PEARL'S ANGEL FOOD CAKE WITH PEACHES AND CREAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a standing electric mixer, beat the egg whites at medium speed until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and salt and beat until stiff peaks form. Beat in the sugar, a few tablespoons at a time, until smooth and glossy, about 4 minutes.
• Transfer the egg whites to a large, wide bowl. Using a fine sieve, gradually sift the flour over the egg whites, gently folding in the flour with a spatula. Fold in the vanilla and almond extracts.
• Scrape the batter into a 10-inch angel food cake pan. Using a table knife, slice through the cake batter several times to release any large air bubbles. Tap the cake pan once or twice on a flat surface. Bake in the center of the oven for 20 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 350 degrees F and bake for about 35 minutes longer, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert the pan onto the neck of a wine bottle and let cool completely.
• To loosen the cake, run a thin-bladed knife around the side and tube of the pan. Unmold the cake and transfer to a platter. Cut the cake into wedges and drizzle with some of the reserved syrup. Serve with the sliced peaches and whipped cream.

GRANDMA'S MOLASSES CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 and oil 8" cake pan.
• Combine all ingredients, except the hot water, mix well.
• Add hot water, batter will be thin.
• Blend well and pour into pan.
• Bkae 35 minutes.