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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients for Mixed Mooncake using Air Fryer Serves 4
All-purpose flour 150 gr Baking syrup 100 gr Egg yolk 1 piece Cooking oil 20 gr Peanut butter 5 gr Roasted cashews 30 gr Roasted white sesame seeds 30 gr (sesame) Shelled roasted melon seeds 30 gr Steamed Chinese sausage 30 gr Candied pumpkin 30 gr Candied lotus seeds 30 gr Lard 5 gr Chopped kaffir lime leaves a little Mai Quế Lộ wine 5 ml Soft cake flour a little (about 3 – 4 tablespoons of flour)
Product Information
- This recipe uses the Ferroli FAF-4.0M 5.5-liter air fryer. The fryer uses technology that requires little or no oil, cooking food through a heating element and a convection fan that circulates hot air throughout the chamber.
- With a moderate power output of 1400 W, the device cooks food quickly, ensuring even and delicious meals.
- Designed with a non-stick frying basket and rack, it allows for safe and tasty frying, and is easy to disassemble for cleaning after use.
- If you love cooking, you can get this one right away to have a great assistant in your kitchen!
How to Choose Delicious Ingredients
How to Choose Good Cashews
- To choose good cashews, look for nuts that are round, plump, and evenly sized when purchasing.
- Good cashews have a bright yellow color; avoid cashews that are dark or have a greenish tint.
- You can test by lightly biting into a cashew; good cashews will have a rich aroma and a certain softness, not too dry or hard.
- However, you can also buy pre-roasted cashews at baking supply stores to save time.
How to Choose Delicious Jams
- When buying jam, you should choose products with clear packaging, branding, and production information. It’s best to purchase from supermarkets or authorized dealers for guaranteed quality and hygiene.
- Choose jams with natural colors. Jams with bright colors are often made with industrial dyes containing heavy metals, which can be harmful to health.
- You can use your senses such as: seeing, smelling, touching, tasting… to check if the jam is moldy, has an off smell, is leaking, or has a sour taste.
How to choose fresh, delicious, and safe sausages
- Choose sausages that have a bright pink-red color and smell strongly of fragrant alcohol.
- Good sausages have an outer layer with good elasticity, a dry surface, and are free from mold or unusual stains.
- Additionally, to ensure the quality of the sausages, you should choose brands with clear origin and expiration dates from reputable manufacturers.
Tips for replacing ingredients and where to buy them
- You can be flexible in changing the ingredients for the mixed filling. To save more time, you can look for sets of mixed filling ingredients that are sold in many baking stores.
- Additionally, if you cannot find cooked glutinous rice flour, you can also look for glutinous rice flour and roast it on low heat on the stove to replace the cooked glutinous rice flour.
- The ingredients flour, glutinous rice flour, sugar, and chicken egg can be found at the nearest TasteVN supermarket, or you can shop online at the website bachhoaxanh.com.
- You can refer to the TasteVN recipe for making syrup and baked cake syrup right at home.
Tools needed
How to make Mooncake with mixed filling using an air fryer
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Mixing the cake dough
First, put 100g of cake syrup, 1 egg yolk, 20g of cooking oil, and 5g of peanut butter into a bowl. Mix well until the ingredients are thick and homogeneous.
Next, sift 150g of flour into the bowl. Then mix well so that the flour absorbs the liquid mixture. Use your hands to mix thoroughly, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let the dough rest for about 30 minutes to soften.
Tip: If after kneading, the dough is dry and breaks easily, you should add oil or syrup to make the dough moister.
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Make the filling
Combine all ingredients including 30g of roasted cashews, 30g of roasted white sesame seeds, 30g of roasted pumpkin seeds, 30g of steamed sausage, 30g of pumpkin jam, 30g of lotus seed jam, 5g of lard, a small amount of finely chopped lime leaves, and 5ml of Mai Que Lo wine.
Mix the filling well and then add about 2 tablespoons of glutinous rice flour to bind the mixture together.
Tip:- To make the ingredients stick together more easily, you can put them in a blender and blend the ingredients for 30 seconds until the filling is slightly broken but not too smooth.
- If the filling is still difficult to stick together when you grab it, you can add spoonfuls of syrup or a little glutinous rice flour until the filling can be formed without falling apart.
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Shaping the Cake
Cut and divide the cake dough and filling in a ratio of 2 parts crust : 3 parts filling. Roll the filling and cake dough into balls.
Next, use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a moderately round shape. Place the filling in the center and then use your hands to gather the edges of the dough together. Roll the dough to make the cake round and even.
Then, use a brush to apply a thin layer of oil to the cake mold, dust a layer of flour inside the mold and the cake tray. After that, place the ball of dough into the mold.
Hold the mold firmly with your left hand, press down hard on the spring with your right hand, and then gently lift the cake out of the mold. Do the same with the other balls of cake dough.
How to divide the cake ratio:- 50g mold: Divide in a ratio of 20g crust : 30g filling.
- 75g mold: Divide in a ratio of 30g crust : 45g filling.
- 125g mold: Divide in a ratio of 50g crust : 75g filling.
- 150g mold: Divide in a ratio of 60g crust : 90g filling
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Bake the cake for the first time
Next, preheat the air fryer at the highest temperature for 15 minutes. Then take the air fryer out, line the bottom with a layer of parchment paper, and gently place the cake inside.
Bake the cake for the first time at 150 degrees for 5 – 7 minutes.
Tip:- During the baking process, you need to prepare a spray bottle with water and a bowl of egg yolk to brush the surface of the cake. For cakes weighing 125g or more, you should bake for 8 – 10 minutes.
- You can use a mixture of 1 egg yolk, a little fresh milk, and a little cooking oil to brush the surface of the cake. This mixture will help the surface of the cake to be shinier and more fragrant.
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Bake the cake for the 2nd and 3rd time
After finishing the first baking, you open the oven and lightly spray the cake’s surface with a spray bottle. This helps to cool the cake and prevents it from cracking on the surface.
Let the cake cool for about 5 – 7 minutes, then use a brush to spread the egg yolk mixture over the entire cake. Remember to apply a thin layer and avoid letting the egg mixture pool too much on the cake’s surface, as this will make the cake lose its definition.
Place the cake back in the oven and continue baking at 150 degrees for 5 minutes. After the baking time, take the cake out of the oven and repeat the water spraying and brushing the cake’s surface.
Finally, bake the cake for the 3rd time at 150 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes. The third baking mainly helps the cake to dry and achieve a nicer golden color. If the cake is not yet dry and golden to your liking, you can increase the baking time for the 3rd time.
After baking is complete, take the cake out and let it cool naturally. Leave the cake outside for 18 – 20 hours for it to become soft and oily before packaging and storing it in the refrigerator.
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Final product
The cake after baking will have a golden color and be slightly firm. Once cooled, place the cake in a sealed bag. At room temperature for about 1 – 2 days, the cake will become oily, the crust will be soft and smooth, and the filling will be chewy and delicious.
The cake can be kept outside for about 5 days in a cool place and stored in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks. It may seem difficult, but it’s not too hard, right? Wishing you success with this recipe.
Tips for Successfully Making Mooncakes
- Each oven will have different temperature levels, so keep an eye on it. If you notice the cake is turning golden too quickly, you should use a piece of aluminum foil to cover the top of the cake while baking. Open the foil layer on the third baking to allow the cake to become more golden and beautiful.
- Since the air fryer has a higher top heat, it will cause the surface of your cake to brown faster than baking in an oven. You can remedy this by covering the top of the cake with aluminum foil.
- Additionally, you need to flip the cake and bake for another 5 – 7 minutes to ensure it is evenly cooked.
- If after baking three times the cake crust is still quite soft and has not turned a light golden color, it is likely that the cake is undercooked and needs to be baked longer. Otherwise, your cake will be difficult to store for long and may spoil easily.
- Once baked, the cake will have a slightly silver color and a hard crust. However, just leave the cake for about 1 day, and the oil will seep into the crust, making it softer and more delicious.
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With how to make mooncakes with mixed fillings using an air fryer, this moon season will be truly meaningful if you make mooncakes for your family by hand. TasteVN wishes you success!
