Man On The Moon Cake With Lunar Icing Recipes

MOON CYCLE CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Line a 12-hole muffin tin with 12 dark brown or black muffin cases. Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put all the ingredients in a large bowl and using a hand-held electric whisk, beat for 2-3 minutes, until fluffy.
• Divide the mixture between the muffin cases, then bake for 20 -25 minutes, until risen and springy to the touch - ask an adult to help you with this bit. When the cakes are cooked, take them out of the oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely - ask an adult to help you with this bit too. You will need 8 of the cakes to make a full cycle of the moon. If you need to, you can trim the tops of the cakes so that they are flat.
• Mix 3 tbsp of the icing sugar with enough water to make a spreadable paste and set aside. Knead the blue and black fondant icing together until the colours are almost blended together, leaving a few streaks of blue running through.
• Dust a work surface with a little icing sugar and roll out the coloured icing so that it's large enough to cut out 12 x 7cm rounds. Spread a little smear of the icing sugar paste on top of each cake and stick an icing round on top.
• Roll out the white icing to about 0.5cm thick. Using a small sharp knife, cut out 2 thin crescent shapes to make the waxing and waning crescent. Using a 7cm cutter, cut out 4 rounds. Cut one round in half to make the first and third quarter of the moon. Leave one round as it is to make the full moon and cut a small crescent away from the remaining 2 rounds, to make the waxing and waning gibbous moon. Using a little of the icing paste, stick each shape on to a cake. Leave one cake with nothing on - this will be the new moon. Use a star-shaped cutter to decorate the 4 cupcakes not included in the cycle with the leftover white icing.
• Using a pastry brush, apply a tiny bit of water over the darker icing then sprinkle a little glitter over the top - the water helps it stick in place. Have fun arranging your cakes in a lunar cycle!

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.

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.

MAN ON THE MOON CAKE WITH LUNAR ICING

Steps:

• Beat eggs and oil till foamy.
• Add flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon.
• Fold in rest of the ingredients.
• Pour into greased 9 x 13 x 2 pan.
• Bake about 40 minutes at 350 º F.
• blend all ingredients until creamy (add few drops of milk if necessary).
• Spread on warm cake.