Looking for new mooncake flavours to savour this year? Check out the following varieties of snowskin mooncakes.
Executive Chinese Chef Kwan Yiu Kan of Man Fu Yuan restaurant presents the Garden Collection, made up of four, floral-flavoured snowskin mooncakes: Roselle and Red Date uses red date paste and features light smoky notes from the roselle; Rosemary, Almond and Green Tea Paste, with hints of rosemary; the fragrant Rose with White Lotus Paste and Pistachio; and Pandan with White Lotus Paste and Macadamia Nuts.
Priced at $72.
Call 6825 1131 to order.
New to the line-up at The Fullerton Cake Boutique are Kopi with Salted Hokkaido Milk Snow Skin Mooncake, which contains a robust coffee paste and a salted milk core; the teardrop-shaped Tangerine Lemon and Pistachio Snow Skin Mooncake, which has a fresh citrusy flavour and slivers of nuts; Pandan with Coconut Baked Mooncake, inspired by the pandan chiffon cake; and the savoury Salted Taro with Peanut Butter Baked Mooncake.
Call 6877 894 to order.
This year, snowskin mooncake connoisseurs and chocoholics alike can look forward to a new flavour that’s guaranteed to please.
Golden Caramel Crunch features a delicate and velvety, pastel-blue skin, with a delicious filling made up of crunchy feuilletine chocolate flakes and creamy milk couverture chocolate. Priced at $68 for a box of eight.
Call 6338 8785 to order.
The hotel introduces three new unique flavours to its snowskin mooncake range. Prickly Pear with Bergamot Snowskin Mooncake boasts a blush-pink skin and a filling made from the fruit of the cactus plant (prickly pear), citrusy bergamot and crunchy diced pears; Apple Cider Snowskin Mooncake has a refreshing sweet-tangy flavour that comes from apple cider and a crunch from diced apples; while Root Beer Snowskin Mooncake has a root beer base flavoured with vanilla beans and a tinge of rum.
Priced from $32 for two.
Call 6737 7411 to order.
Summer Palace Dim Sum Chef Leong Kwok Sing pays tribute to Singapore’s history as a spice trading centre with two new snowskin varieties: Pineapple Pink Peppercorn and Cinnamon Red Bean. The first features a soft, chilli-infused skin, tangy pineapple paste, and a pink peppercorn chocolate core, while the second has a cinnamon-infused skin, and a sweet and earthy red bean paste filling encasing a spiced wine ganache.
Priced at $69 for eight pieces.
Call 6725 3239 to order.
The whimsical Mickey and Minnie Snow Skin Collection is a set of eight petite mooncakes with four tempting fillings, presented in a specially designed lacquered box.
The flavours include Pandan Lotus with Gula Melaka, the rich and chocolatey Chocolate Manuka Honey, the zesty Chocolate Japanese Yuzu, and the Molten Centre Raspberry Truffle with White Lotus, which has a refreshing raspberry liquid centre that oozes out when the mooncake is bitten into.
Priced at $78.
Visit www.crystaljade.com to order.
Luxuriant, elegant, and refined. That’s the only way to describe TWG Tea’s new mooncake and tea collection decked in vibrant hues of jade and gold.
We can’t think of anything better than hot tea to wash down sweet confections like mooncakes, so it’s great that TWG Tea created a specialised Lotus Jade Tea to go with its mooncakes. The Moonlit snow-skin mooncake is filled with mousseline infused with the very same tea, and has a white chocolate heart encasing a sweet Nashi pear marmalade.
$70 for two mooncakes paired with the Lotus Jade Tea in the Haute Couture Tea Collection; $60 for a set of four mooncakes; $16 for an individual mooncake
Available at all TWG Tea Salons & Boutiques till 4 October 2017
This one is for the unabashed durian lovers, especially those who go crazy for durian desserts. Don’t expect any lotus paste, the inside of this mooncake is pure (meaning 100%) mao shan wang durian.
The creamy, luscious, and custard-like mao shan wang filling is complemented by a bamboo charcoal snow-skin that’s generously sprinkled with shimmery gold dust.
The mao shan wang filling has no preservatives, cream, or added sugar, so maybe instead of buying whole durians back home, surprise your loved ones with these gorgeous and decadent treats instead.
$88.80 for a box of four.
Available at Takashimaya, Nex, and VivoCity. also available online at www.goldenmoments.sg.
The chocolatier has created four contemporary, sleek, and indulgent versions of the mooncake as we know it. Don’t even think about lotus paste, these are purely chocolate treats at their core.
Case in point – the Raspberry Dark Chocolate Pastry Mooncake has a tangy raspberry-chocolate financier (almond cake) which is layered with a silky layer of dark chocolate ganache.
If you want something a little sweeter or nuttier, go for the Sea Salt and Hazelnut Milk Chocolate Pastry Mooncake. The light and fluffy hazelnut milk sponge cake is a pleasant surprise in this mooncake, and is made extra indulgent with creamy, hazelnut-studded, milk chocolate on top.
$79 for a box of eight.
These artsy and picture-perfect mooncakes are the brainchild of Non Entree Desserts, Poppy & Co., and Vivace Wines.
Because Non Entree Desserts is known for its deceivingly savoury looking creations, such as “Bak Chor Mee” made with mango vermicelli noodles and coconut-lime parfait fishballs, we knew we were in for something surprising. Vivace Wines on the other hand, supplies its exclusive Cantini Prosecco which fuels the alcoholic buzz in one of the mooncakes, while Poppy & Co, provides the ingredient of premium Speculoos Cookie Butter.
We certainly weren’t let down by the mooncakes which had vibrant flavour combinations such as acai with white chocolate prosecco truffle, and Speculoos cheesecake with salted egg yolk.
They sure do know how to pick and combine the best food trends to create their mooncakes!
$68 for a box of four.