Just use alkaline noodles and water, or soda water. In ancient times, moon cakes were also called "small cakes" and "moon cakes". Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes with a poem "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and fillings in them", from which we can see that the moon cakes in the Song Dynasty have been filled with ghee and sugar. In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival became more common. Ming and Shen Bang's Miscellaneous Notes of Wan Department contained: "The furniture of ordinary people is a kind of moon-made bread, which varies in size and is called moon cake."

In ancient times, moon cakes were also called "small cakes" and "moon cakes". Su Dongpo, a great poet in the Song Dynasty, praised moon cakes with a poem "Small cakes are like chewing the moon, and there are crisps and fillings in them", from which we can see that the moon cakes in the Song Dynasty have been filled with ghee and sugar. In the Ming Dynasty, the custom of eating moon cakes on Mid-Autumn Festival became more common. Ming and Shen Bang's Miscellaneous Notes of Wan Department contained: "The furniture of ordinary people is a kind of moon-made bread, which varies in size and is called moon cake."

The word moon cake was first seen in Wu Zimu's Dream of Liang Lu in the Southern Song Dynasty, when it was only a snack food. Later, people gradually associate enjoying the full moon together with the mooncakes, symbolizing family reunion and carrying their thoughts. At the same time, moon cakes are also important gifts for friends to contact their feelings during the Mid-Autumn Festival.