Five-Nut Mooncake

Five-Nut Mooncake

　　The Five-Nut Mooncake is the most renowned among various types of mooncakes, named for its filling that includes almonds, peach pits, peanuts, sesame seeds, and melon seeds. It is characterized by carefully selected ingredients, thin crust, generous filling, delicious taste, sturdiness against breakage, and portability.

　　The Five-Nut Mooncake belongs to the Cantonese-style mooncake category and was introduced to Yunnan in 1939 with the establishment of Kunming’s Guanshengyuan. The Five-Nut Mooncake produced by Kunming Guanshengyuan improved upon the traditional Cantonese recipe, retaining the original style of Cantonese mooncakes while incorporating local Yunnan flavors. The ingredients used to make the Five-Nut Mooncake include: standard flour, premium white sugar, refined vegetable oil, lard, eggs, rose sugar, syrup, cooked standard flour, walnut kernels, peanuts, pine nuts, sesame seeds, washed sesame, winter melon preserves, liquor, soda ash, and orange peel candy. The traditional recipe elements such as southern almonds, melon seeds, olive seeds, candied orange peel, and cooked glutinous rice flour were omitted (with cooked flour replacing the cooked glutinous rice flour), and the amount of winter melon preserves was increased. The production process involves preparing the syrup, making the dough, preparing the filling, wrapping and shaping the filling, arranging for baking, cooling, and packing, resulting in the final product.　

　　This type of mooncake is drum-shaped, with slightly raised edges, featuring clear patterns and lettering, a well-proportioned shape, an unbroken crust, no filling leakage, and distinct edges. The surface is golden yellow without white spots, with even coloration, an oily sheen, ivory-colored edges, and a brownish-red base. The flavor is sweet and rich, soft yet slightly flaky, with the aroma of various nuts.