What is Snow skin mooncake?
[[File:Snowy Skin Mookcakes.PNG|thumbnail|Snow skin mooncakes which are designed like [[Angry Birds]]]] '''Snow skin mooncake''' (Also known as '''Snowy mooncake''', '''Ice skin mooncake''' or '''Crystal mooncake''') is a Chinese food which is often eaten during the [[Mid-Autumn Festival]].<ref>{{cite book|title=中华节日的故事|author=傅春江|publisher=Asiapac Books Pte Ltd|year=2004|isbn=9812293914}}</ref> A [[bakery]] in [[Hong Kong]] created snow skin mooncakes in 1989.<ref>{{cite web|title=冰皮月餅故事|url=http://www.taipan.com.hk/mooncake_story.asp|publisher=大班麵包西餅|accessdate=2012-02-22|archive-date=2012-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121231657/http://www.taipan.com.hk/mooncake_story.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> Snow skin mooncake is not baked. Traditional mooncakes are made with [[egg (food)|egg]] yolks and [[nelumbo|lotus]] seed paste. Therefore, there is a lot of [[sugar]] and [[cooking oil|oil]] in them. == References == {{reflist}} {{food-stub}} [[Category:Chinese food]] [[Category:Cakes]]