What materials and tools do you need to make moon cakes?

The materials needed to make moon cakes are peanut oil, invert syrup, sugar, salt, soda, low-gluten flour, caramel, water, red bean paste and eggs. The tools needed to make moon cakes are: moon cake mold, egg beater, mesh screen, measuring cup, measuring spoon, scraper, vermicelli stick, fine brush and oven.

Moon cakes, also known as moon cakes, cookies, harvest cakes and reunion cakes, are one of the traditional delicacies of Han nationality in China. Moon cakes were originally used as offerings to worship the moon god.

Sacrificing the moon is a very old custom in China, and it is actually a worship activity of the ancients to the "Moon God". Today, eating moon cakes and enjoying the moon in Mid-Autumn Festival is an indispensable custom in all parts of China. Mooncakes symbolize a happy reunion. People regard them as holiday food, use them to worship the moon and give them to relatives and friends.