The basic reason why the surface pattern of moon cakes is not clear is that the process of brushing egg liquid is wrong. Knocking on the blackboard is basically a mistake made by most friends.
In many ways, moon cakes should be brushed with egg liquid, which is 3 yolks, 1 whole egg.
Bake the moon cakes in the oven for 5-8 minutes, and then brush them when the temperature drops below 65 degrees. If the moon cake is brushed before it goes into the oven, the surface of the moon cake will be blurred, and finally it will be like making a cake.
When brushing the egg liquid, try to stick a little egg liquid on the front of the brush. After dipping in the egg liquid, wipe it on the edge of the bowl with a brush. Then you just need to brush the egg liquid on the raised pattern on the surface of the moon cake and brush it with a thin layer. Don't brush too much. Excessive egg liquid will be deposited between the lines, and the lines will be filled with egg liquid. How can you make it clear?
Why the pattern of moon cakes is not clear: there is not enough time to wake up the crust.
Wake-up refers to letting the mixed noodles stand for a period of time before further processing or cooking. Proofing can make the blended noodles easier to process, and it is not easy to retract when forming in the next step. The noodles made are more crisp and soft, and the taste is more delicate and smooth.
Insufficient time for dough proofing will cause gas to break the diaphragm between bubbles, thus squeezing together to form bubbles of different sizes, and even squeezing onto the dough surface to form ugly packages. So there is no way to make moon cakes form beautiful patterns.
The best time to wake up the moon cake skin is two and a half hours to three hours, the shortest time can not be less than two hours, and the longest time can not exceed four hours, otherwise it will not only lead to unclear patterns, but also easily leak feet.
Why the moon cake pattern is not clear: the baking temperature is too low.
Too low baking temperature of moon cakes will lead to unclear patterns and easy diarrhea.
The temperature of Wuren moon cake should be about 220 degrees, and the bottom material should be about 150- 180 degrees. The temperature of the moon cakes filled with Rong is higher, the surface fire is about 250 degrees, and the bottom fire remains unchanged.
Why the moon cake pattern is not clear: the syrup is too thick.
The moon cake syrup is too thick, although it is not easy to demould, but it will cause the moon cake surface pattern to be unclear, and the moon cake skin is also easy to harden and change color.
The syrup is too thin, so it is not easy to color moon cakes when baking, and the crust shrinks and does not stretch.
The method of identifying syrup can be roughly judged by perception and touch:
1, the last drop of syrup was retracted when the syrup was lifted with a spoon.
2. Stick the syrup on your finger to open and close, and feel that the syrup is mushy.
3. There will be some resistance when the cooled syrup is stirred by hand.