At the table
Break or cut into small pieces and eat directly. Share a larger cake; a drink can accompany the crumbly mouthful.
Ask about honey, milk, egg and the oil used. This selected home recipe uses flaxseed oil, brown sugar and sesame, with no honey or dairy.
Honey, white or rock sugar, yogurt and other versions occur. The selected home version uses yeast and baking soda; optional extra alkali is omitted.
GET TO KNOW THE DISH
What goes into it?
Explore some key ingredients below. Preparations may use additional seasonings and ingredients.
Honey, white or rock sugar, yogurt and other versions occur. The selected home version uses yeast and baking soda; optional extra alkali is omitted.
Typical ingredients
Recipes vary by restaurant.
How does it taste?
Brown-sugar sweetness and nutty flaxseed-oil aroma.
- Chili heat
- Texture
- Tender, lightly crumbly uniform crumb with no filling.
- How it’s made
- Mix wheat flour and baking soda with cooled heated flaxseed oil and hot brown-sugar water. Add yeast once warm, rest, shape soft rounds, brush with oil, add sesame and vent holes, then bake.
Honey, white or rock sugar, yogurt and other versions occur. The selected home version uses yeast and baking soda; optional extra alkali is omitted.
A CONNECTION TO PLACE
Origin & regional roots
Associated with Inner Mongolia.
About this regional connection
Inner Mongolia: Local culinary association; not a claim of exclusive origin.
Ask if they have it first
请问你们有丰镇月饼吗？
Do you have this item?
A LITTLE SOMETHING TO READ
Story & history
Fengzhen mooncake
Fengzhen has a tradition of taking flour, oil and sugar to local bakeries for mooncakes. Associated with Mid-Autumn sharing, these cakes are also sold beyond the festival.