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moon cake
A moon cake that contains five different stuffings. Can it be called "five-stuffing moon cake"?
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Re: moon cake

Originally Posted by
NewHope A moon cake that contains five different stuffings. Can it be called "five-stuffing moon cake"?
I don't think so.
According to the dictionary, stuffing is uncountable. It simply means flavored food which is placed inside a paste/pastry etc.
You might say five-kind-of-stuffing moon cake. But it is a bit clumsy. It is more common for people to say "a moon cake with 5 kinds of stuffing". It is just similar to "a roast beef with onions" in the menu.
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Good. A bit clumsy won't destroy its approaching perfection.
8)
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Originally Posted by
Wai_Wai You are too welcome.
you might also want to say:
the moon cake recipe requires five ingredients.
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Originally Posted by
Natalie27 
Originally Posted by
Wai_Wai You are too welcome.
you might also want to say:
the moon cake recipe requires five ingredients.

I really have no idea what a moon cake is, but we fill pies and cakes. We stuff only meat or vegetables.
Say: It contains five different fillings.
Say: stuffed turkey and stuffed bell peppers
Saying that the recipe requires five ingredients doesn't convey the right idea.
Ingredients are sugar, eggs, flour, etc.
:wink:
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the moon cake recipe requires five ingredients?
What the sentence conveyed is different what I wanted to express. I said "five (different) filllings" that only referred to filling.
SS said " It contains five different fillings" . That is correct. How do you call the moon cake?
(Moon cake refers to a Chinese food)
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For those unfamiliar with moon cakes, here's a picture:

;)
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Re: moon cake

Originally Posted by
NewHope A moon cake that contains five different stuffings. Can it be called "five-stuffing moon cake"?
If you insist on "filling", then can you tell us what the fillings are. Is it a layered cake? None of the moon
cakes I have made or know of have any fillings in them.
Just curious....
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Such as a moon cake stuffed with 5 different nutlets, of course other ingredients included.
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