moon cake
Mid-Autumn Festival treat
Moon cake is a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The round shape symbolizes the full moon and family reunion.
Moon cakes have a dense, sweet filling—often lotus seed paste or red bean—sometimes with a salted egg yolk at the center representing the moon.
They're exchanged as gifts and shared among family: We bought a box of moon cakes for the holiday.
- fillingMaterial placed within
- salted eggEgg preserved in brine
- double yolkEgg with two cores
- roundCurved like circle
- pastryButtery baked dough
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