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Snow skin mooncake

Snow Skin Mooncake (冰皮月饼)-Matcha cream filling

Prep Time:20 minutes
Cook Time:3 minutes
Resting and Assembling time:1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time:1 hour 53 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Chinese
Keyword: Holiday food
Servings: 17 mooncakes

Equipment

  • 50g mooncake mold

Ingredients

Snow skin

  • cup of sugar
  • ¼ cup of corn starch
  • ¾ cup rice flour
  • ¾ cup of glutinous rice flour
  • 3 tbsp oil
  • cup milk

Matcha cream filling

  • 1 pack cream cheese 250 or 8oz
  • cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp matcha powder sifted
  • ¼ cup whipping/heavy cream

Instructions

Matcha cream filling

  • Combine cream cheese and sugar. Use a spatula or hand mixer to cream together the cream cheese sugar mixture.
  • Mix Matcha with whipping/heavy cream until the Matcha is fully incorporated
  • Pour the matcha cream into cream cheese. Use a hand mixer to mix together.
  • Once it's fully incorporated, put the mixture into a piping bag.
  • Pipe onto a baking tray about 1 in round disc (30g)
  • Freeze for at least 1 hour.

Mooncake skin

  • To prevent sticking, cook some rice (glutinous or regular) flour in pan at medium low heat for about 5 minutes.
  • Combine all the dry ingredients.
  • Add in oil and milk. Whisk to combine
  • Strain the liquid into a microwave or heat proof bowl.
  • Cover with plastic wrap. Poke some holes into the plastic wrap.
  • Either microwave for 2-3 minutes (power: 1100W) or steam for 30 minutes (steam after the water is boiling).
  • Let it cool down for about 15-20 minutes. The dough should still be slightly hot but not hot enough that you can't handle it. One way to know if the dough is cool enough to work with is try to hold the bowl from the bottom. If you can hold it for 15-20s before it gets too hot, then it's good.

Making the mooncake

  • Wear gloves to prevent sticking and protect from heat. Knead the dough until you can stretch the dough without breaking. This will help the skin stay soft and easier to wrap the matcha cream filling.
  • Divide the dough into equal pieces (about 35g). Take the match cream out to let it thaw a bit.
  • Roll out the snow skin dough and put the matcha cream in the center. Wrap the skin around matcha cream center. Pinch off any excess snow skin so it's not too thick.
  • Roll the ball into some cooked rice flour and repeat until ALL the cream cheese filling is wrapped.
  • Cover and put all the wrapped matcha cream mooncake into the freezer for about 10 minutes. This will help to firm up the matcha cream slightly before using the mold to prevent it losing it shape when you finish making the mooncakes.
  • Then put each individual balls into the mooncake mold. I'm using 50g mold.
  • Press down firmly but not too hard or else you will break the mooncake. Before eating, individually wrap the mooncake and freeze for about 20 minutes.
  • Enjoy it after freezing, or keep it in the freezer with the individual plastic wrap. Consume within 5 days.

Notes

Alternative filling choice
Cookie or biscuit filling
  • 1 pack cream cheese filling (250g or 8oz)
  • 1/2 cup of crushed Oreo or Lotus Biscoff
  • 1/4-1/3 cup of sugar depending on how sweet you want.
Fruit filling
  • 1 pack cream cheese filling (250g or 8oz)
  • 1 cup of ground up fruit
  • 1/4-1/3 cup of sugar, depending on the sweetness of the fruits.