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1. Combine golden syrup, cooking oil, baking soda and alkaline water in a bowl and mix well.
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2. Slowly add the superfine flour to the liquid, using your hand to mix the ingredients well. The dough will be sticky like taffy.
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3. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and set aside for at least 3 hours and up to 3 days.
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4. If you're planning to use salted egg yolks in your filling, you need to separate the yolks from the whites, then steam the yolks for 10 minutes over medium-low heat. Let the yolks cool before using.
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5. Enclose the egg yolk in lotus seed paste filling (how much? It depends! See Tip #2 below). Take some of the dough for the skin and form a disc, then gently but firmly push the skin dough around the filling. Check often to see if there are any breaks in the dough.
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6. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C.
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7. Press the ball of dough and filling with the mooncake mold to impart the design. Set the molded cake on a greased tray.
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8. Bake for 10 minutes, then remove from the oven to cool for 10 minutes.
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Lightly brush the top and sides of the cake with an egg yolk wash.
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9. Brushing Traditional Mooncake with Egg Wash
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10. Return the tray to the oven and bake for another 8 minutes at 200 degrees C.
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11. Remove cakes from the oven and cool.
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