0 a round Chinese cake, usually consisting of pastry with a thick, sweet centre, traditionally eaten during the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival
The 16 pieces of mooncake, must then be pieced together in such a fashion that the secret messages can be read.
The crust itself also evolved, particularly with the introduction of snow skin mooncake.
During the mid-autumn festival, the exterior was hung with its mooncake advertisement.
Letters were also sent to all mooncake sellers asking them to post posters conveying green messages in retailing shops.
In 1963, it launched a new mooncake made from white lotus paste.
Since many customers thought traditional mooncakes were an oily food, the bakery used fruit for filling and less oil to make a mooncake with less fat.
Today, it is customary for businessmen and families to present them to their clients or relatives as presents, helping to fuel a demand for high-end mooncake styles.
This is a snow skin mooncake.
