Moon Cakes

Last week was the Mid-Autumn festival.  Surprisingly, it doesn't feel like fall here yet, the days are still heavy with heat.  But the moon was beautiful.  The Moon festival is held during a full moon close to the Autumnal equinox (late September, early October).  

Once again we received more moon cakes than we know what to do with.  The boxes are so pretty, but the cakes are dense, heavy, chewy confections.  They take serious energy to eat, and the flavors remind me strongly of what I remember fruit cakes to be like, but with a wild exotic flair.  There are red bean paste ones, some sort of jellied sweet duck egg, a sweet sesame paste, something that might be lotus, and many many other flavors, that I cannot describe.  

But I do love the boxes they come in.  Oh if only the boxes held donuts!