Traditional moon cakes usually consist of a thin crust (no more than 1 cm thick), made of flour, less flavor, wrapped very sweet and slightly oily. Compared to Western cakes, moon cakes are much sweeter. In the past, the bread often salted eggs symbolize the full moon. The salty taste of salted egg seems to "neutralize" the sweetness of other ingredients. Moon cakes are baked after forming, very rarely distilled water or fried.
In China, on the moon cake is often printed words that convey a good message (such as "double happiness", "auspicious"), or the name of the manufacturer. Besides the symbol of the Moon, Hang Nga, Ngoc Rabbit, the flower-shaped flower, as an additional decoration.
Modern mooncakes are largely a design innovation that is the material of the moon cake. If traditionally made with salted eggs, now it can be green beans, taro, jambon, flavors such as coffee, chocolate, fruits, etc. In the 1980s, there were many types of chilled moon cakes (cold plastic cakes). In recent years, there is a type of diet moon cake for vegetarians (vegetarian mooncakes).
