5 Reasons Why You Should Make Your Own Mooncakes

If "The Moon Represents My Heart", then mooncakes represent sweet moments with my family and friends. Mooncake festival is one of the most awaited festivals for me. It is fun, merry and romantic all together. If you have been buying mooncakes year in and year out, perhaps its time to make your own mooncakes to see if it is more beneficial!

Here are 5 reasons why you should make your own mooncakes

1. More appreciation of the festival when mooncakes are made and not bought

Buying mooncakes for Mid-Autimn festival is a wonderful way of celebrating it but actually making them brings the appreciation to a whole new level! When making mooncakes, although using our modern ways, the experience of kneading the dough and moulding the cake will still enrich the whole appreciation of the festival seeing the end result being used for the celebration.

2. Exercise creativity when customizing your own mooncakes

Why limit yourself to the mooncakes in the market when you can create your own. Go wild with your creativity and experiment every level of flavours, colour, shapes and sizes. Nothing will make you prouder than bespoke mooncakes that you can call your own. You might 

3. Warm and personal touch to the moon cakes

What is warmer than sending mooncakes to your friends? Sending mooncakes that you made yourself! Mid-autumn festival is all about love for family and friends. So why not mould your love into mooncakes and send them your heart!

4. Economical and business opportunity

One that goes up and never comes down may be the price of mooncakes too! Extravagant packaging and demand for mooncake as corporate gifts has jacked the prices up for sure. Making your own mooncakes can be money-saving. With the money, buy more lanterns to brighten up your home. You might also discover a path for a business opportunity. 

5. Make it anytime you like

Making your own mooncakes free you from the wait to eat any mooncake only during the festival. Just imagine that liberation! Pull out the ingredients and make it available to you, family and friends at anytime. 

Bake With Yen, the nation’s largest baking supplies network, has rolled out its Mid-Autumn Festival specials early this year, with a range of mooncake-making essentials to encourage all those who are celebrating to make the most of this festive season. The retailer’s range of mooncake-making essentials includes premixes, ready-to-use fillings, as well as packaging items.

Traditionally baked mooncake

Shanghai mooncake

Snowskin mooncake

These mooncakes have gone from traditional lotus seed and red bean-filled ones to today becoming works of culinary art, with traditional flavours served alongside more creative fillings like cheese, chocolate, matcha, coffee, as well as a myriad of nuts and dried fruit.

These culinary interpretations take time and practice to perfect, which is why 

At Bake With Yen, there are three Mooncake premixes, comprising Traditional, Shanghai and Snowskin variants

They provide bakers with a fast yet tasty solution to making these traditional favourites. The range of mooncake premixes and ready-to-use fillings make it easy for someone who is just starting on their mooncake baking journey, and convenient for professional bakers who are looking to innovate a basic recipe and elevate the flavours with a signature twist.

Mooncake premixes start from just RM8.20 per pack, which offers great value at a time when people are conscious about spending. 

For more information on BWY’s premixes as well as other ongoing promotions and offers, follow Bake With Yen on Instagram and Facebook, or check out the website at www.bakewithyen.my.