The story begins in 1996 outside Moonlight Cake Shop. Everybody is waiting to buy cakes but only egg tarts are available since the shop owner CHUNG SIU HOR has gone to the court. HOR is fighting for the custody of her six children with her ex-husband KAM TAI CHO. During the hearing, HOR blames CHO for not knowing the children well and for committing adultery with YAN HUNG. After reviewing the case, the judge grants the custody of WING KA, WING YUEN and WING CHUNG to CHO. On the other hand, HOR i
CHO’s mother KWAN LAI suddenly comes to the cake shop to scold HOR. HOR’s neighbors find LAI extremely unreasonable so they help kicking her away. HING uses sign language to talk to his family members. SA misconceives that he is teasing her and she reveals to everybody that she has divorced with her husband. After divorcing with HOR, CHO tried to draw HOR’s cake master LIN CHI YUNG to his cake shop by paying him higher salary. After that, HOR had no choice but to give up selling moon cakes. SUM
TAT prepares the dinner menu for his grandchildren happily. However, he suddenly learns that LAI has changed her mind and he is very disappointed. LAI suddenly refuses to allow TAT dining with the grandchildren because she recalls a past grievance about her deceased son TAI CHEUN. During the time, CHEUN tried to borrow money from HOR but HOR refused. CHEUN had no choice but to commit suicide eventually. HOR requests CHO to keep his promise. HUNG discovers that YUNG wants to move to another shop
During breakfast, HUNG apologizes to the sons and she tries to explain her relationship with CHO to them but KA responds to her coldly. In fact, KA never recognizes HUNG as his mother from the very beginning. CHUNG is going to continue his study in England. HOR discovers that CHUNG acts strangely in Hong Kong and she wants to find out the reason behind. HOR rushes to the airport but she cannot get close to CHUNG when CHO and HUNG are around. SA is against YUET all the time for she thinks that YU
HOR meets up with KA and she asks KA if he has carried out his promise to take care of YUEN and CHUNG. HO deliberately asks her eldest son KA to stay with CHO ten years ago so that KA could take care of his younger brother and sister. SA borrows money from TAT again and TAT reminds her to treat YUET kindly. SA tries to please YUET but they end up fighting with each other again. YUET suddenly decides to move out and live with her friends. HO rejects the idea but YUET insists to do so. YUET has ac
TAT and HOR are worried for SA has been disappeared for 4 days. However, SA suddenly shows up and invites everybody to a dinner. During the dinner, SA reveals that she will go to Portugal for a lawsuit soon. KA is not able to find 2 models for a product launch event so he asks his two younger sisters to do the job. KA also convinces his boss ELIZA to hire YUET as an assistant. A westerner comes to the cake shop to buy cakes and SUM helps with the translation. HOR wants to treat SUM for dinner bu
HOR asks CHO out and reveals to him that KA is addicted to stock trading. CHO discusses the case with LAI. He suggests that KA should work in the cake shop and LAI agrees. CHO organizes a birthday celebration for SUM. He seeks for HUNG’s permission for allowing KA to work in the cake shop and HUNG agrees eventually. CHO suggests KA to handle their cake shop business during dinner and HUNG only wants KA to work in the smallest cake shop. Nobody follow up the case eventually. SA suddenly appears a
SA requests CHO to make a compensation of 50 million dollars to the cake shop. CHO and HUNG object the idea and they fight with SA in the court. CHO and HUNG tell lies in the court and they claims that HOR voluntarily handed over the brand name of “Moonlight Cake Shop” to them long time ago. SA loses the case and she calls HUNG a drug smuggler outside the court. HUNG is enraged. She decides to sue SA for defamation and she requests for a compensation of 4 million dollars. HOR decides to apologiz
On the next day, LAI is absent for breakfast and HUNG goes to LAI's room to apologize. HUNG cries for mercy in front of LAI and LAI finally forgives her. SUM starts working in the hospital and she comes across a traffic accident while chatting with HO on the phone after work. HO rushes to the scene to help the victims with SUM. He also buys clothes and shoes for SUM to change for he knows that SUM is going to have dinner with the family. SUM is very grateful about it. KA is not able to hand in h
HO invites CHO for dinner at home. CHO is shocked to meet CHUNG there because CHUNG is supposed to be studying in England. CHUNG wants to quit schooling and HO supports him. CHO calls for a family meeting and blames HO for spoiling CHUNG. CHUNG cannot bear to tell the truth about his inability in studying. CHO finally accepts the reality but he asks everybody to keep this secret. KA suddenly borrows 30 thousand dollars from WING HO because he wants to move away from the KAM’s family. KA meets an
SA introduces her good friend Mr CHU to YUNG. CHU wants to open a Chinese style franchise cake shop in Australia and he decides to hire YUNG as the cake master. YUNG realizes that he can reunite with his younger sister CHUI PING who studies in Australia and he is overjoyed. YUNG reveals his plan to HO and HO wishes him all the best. HO suffers from backache and the doctor suggests her to have an operation for removing the spur and all her children are nervous. LAI visits WING HO at the cake shop
HO’s operation is successful and everybody come to visit her at the hospital. When CHO visits her, HO reveals to him that she wants to teach CHUNG on her own. LAI returns home to find that KA is moving out. KA wants to open a PR firm and he takes it as an excuse for moving out. TAT and everybody decide to take CHUNG home. SA discovers their plan and she calls LAI secretly to reveal the truth. LAI is enraged. She threatens everybody that she will stop eating and taking medicine until CHUNG and KA
All grandchildren visit LAI with a birthday cake made by HO on her birthday and LAI is overjoyed. While trying to look for a hair dryer, WING HO finds SUM in her room. SUM shows him the trophies she has got in school. WING HO discovers that SUM is still keeping the cassette tapes he sent to her long time ago and he feels very happy. KA discovers that ELIZA always gives YUET a hard time. He tries to record ELIZA’s voice when she scolds YUET and then plays it in front of everybody. ELIZA is deeply
HUNG learns that CHO is staying in HO’s home for a celebration party and she is displeased. HUNG finds YUEN sitting by the pool alone for YUEN has lost his love recently. She encourages YUEN to concentrate on his work instead but she finds that YUEN hasn’t think about the promotional plan at all 3 days later. HUNG wants to fire KUNG for not teaching YUEN properly. She also forces CHO not to see HO and the children again. HING suddenly resigns and WING HO is puzzled. WING HO and SUM find that HIN
CHO is frightened and he asks HO to help him. The ambulance arrives and LAI asks HO to accompany CHO to the hospital. HUNG is displeased. CHO loses his eyesight temporarily. HUNG visits him and she learns that CHO thinks that HO’s family is a happier place to stay. HUNG is enraged. SA tells everybody that HUNG wants to give 80% of the shares of “Moonlight Cake Shop” to all the children but everybody react to the news coldly. HUNG announces to the KAM’s family that she has decided to pass “Moonli
SA tries to speculate on properties but she fails to sell the premises. She asks all family members to give her money. She thinks that the family’s money is her money and everybody finds her unreasonable. SA asks LAI out and she reveals to LAI that HO is making use of the children to take revenge on KAM’s family. She suggests LAI to organize a birthday party for HO in order to please her. During the birthday party, all the old neighbors who had moved to other countries return to see HO. It was C
SUM meets SHUN after work. SHUN invites her to visit the baby together. They become so familiar that they start calling each other brother and sister. CHO wants to join the birthday celebration for HING at HO’s place. HUNG deliberately breaks CHO’s glasses and plays tricks to make him stay in the street. HUNG suggests KA to take care of all the promotional campaign for Moonlight Cake Shop. KA is in great debt and he agrees reluctantly. Everybody goes to KAM’s family for dinner. HUNG brings KA an
MUI invites HUNG for tea and HUNG asks for some antihypertensive medicine. In the evening, HUNG deliberately mentions the case of YUEN to SUM and she tries to speak for herself with excuses. HUNG tells her story agitatedly and she collapses suddenly. LOK and HING meet each other in the rain and they decide to reunite with each other. WING HO returns home and discovers that everybody is cheerful. This is because SA has discovered that HING and LOK are dating again. LOK’s mother KUEN even suggests
SUM meets SHUN at the hospital. She discovers many baby photos with thank you letters in SHUN’s office and her impression on SHUN is getting even better. HUNG’s ex-husband HAK KEUNG suddenly comes to look for her at Moonlight Cake Shop but HUNG treats him coldly. HUNG reveals to LAI that she wants to travel around the world with CHO for 2 years. CHO reveals the travel plan to his children at HO’s place and all the children are dissatisfied. CHO becomes drunk at HO’s place and he asks everybody t
LAI asks WING HO and TING out but she fails to show up. WING HO discovers that LAI has collapsed at the bridge. KUNG informs HUNG that LAI is in the hospital and HUNG decides not to tell CHO about this. KUNG calls HUNG again. He lies to HUNG that LAI has wakened up for a while and she has apologized to HO when she’s awake. HUNG is enraged and she further confirms that she will not tell CHO about LAI’s case. MUI wants to call HUNG but KUNG stops her. Their conversation is overheard by YUET. YUET
WING HO tries to declare his love to SUM by a cake but SUM replies to him that she only treats him as a brother. Everybody go to visit LAI at the hospital and LAI ask them not to disclose her illness to CHO. HO also asks YUET to promise not to disclose the case to CHO. SA announces that her daughter KA MEI will come to Hong Kong to reunite with her. SA empties her room for MEI and YUET is forced to share the room with SA. SUM loses contact with SHUN but she finds his blog on the Internet and she
KA and YUET return home to find SA and MEI coming back as well. They also meet SA’s friend YUEN YAN TSZ and his mother. KA is shocked to find that MEI is such a beautiful woman. SA brings MEI to her room but MEI blames SA for not being considerate to other family members. YUET overhears their conversation. She tells everybody that TSZ is going to marry SA. MEI learns that KA is organizing a promotional event on aerobics and she voluntarily offers herself as the dancer. SA suggests postponing the
Mid-autumn festival is coming. CHO suddenly arrives at HO’s cake shop and he wants to make a huge moon cake with a diameter of 33 inches. With the help of all children, CHO brings the huge moon cake to Moonlight Cake Shop secretly but he finally fails to bake the cake successfully. CHO doesn’t give up and he keeps on trying. HO is puzzled with CHO’s persistency but HING reminds her that CHO is trying to carry out his promise. During the family gathering on mid-autumn festival, LOK proposes marri
Everybody discuss the wedding plan of HING. SA finds that CHO is willing to spend a lot on HING and she is jealous. TAT suggests holding the two wedding parties together. CHO doesn’t like it but HING welcomes the idea. CHO’s good friend suddenly dies. CHO worries that his children will live a hard life if he dies suddenly so he asks HUNG to prepare a 30 million dollars cheque for him. HUNG objects the idea but CHO insists to give the cheque to TAT. HUNG and HO meet in a restaurant. HUNG accuses
TAT hands over the 30 million dollars cheque to CHO in front of SA and TSZ. SA blames TAT for doing so and she reiterates that she has evidence to prove that HO is not his real daughter. CHO doesn’t want SA to disturb the harmony of the family so he promises to give SA 3 million dollars. HO learns about the case from CHO eventually. She suggests carrying out a DNA test with SA and TAT. HO and YUET rush to China in the night and they finally learn about the truth. HO reveals to everybody that SA
SA follows everybody to the restaurant for she wants to apologize herself but everybody ignores her. SA cries bitterly at the restaurant toilet and she throws her apology letter to the rubbish bin. Everybody discover that SA is sincere and they go to SA’s motel to visit her. MEI discloses her secret to KA. YUET finds that MEI and KA are acting intimately and she feels unhappy. HUNG and KUNG hand in their resignation letter with 16 other senior officers to CHO and CHO is enraged. HUNG is upset fo
HUNG decides not to sue SA eventually. SA returns home but everybody kicks her out. HO and KUEN return Hong Kong. They invite SA to their home for a “final” dinner. SA discovers that HO actually trusts her and she is relieved. HO also helps to arrange the return of TSZ so that SA could reunite with him. HUNG returns home from the hospital. She suggests to CHO that she wants to hold a wedding banquet again on their wedding anniversary and CHO agrees. SUM invites WING HO to cycling and WING HO tri
CHO visits HO and the children. He finds that SA is requesting all family members help move her belongings for she has purchased a new flat downstairs. YUET is overjoyed that she will have a business trip to Hawaii with KA soon. MEI voluntarily asks to accompany them and KA agrees. MEI helps YUET to pick up her passport but she destroys it secretly while pretending that the passport was lost in a taxi. WING HO believes that SUM has recovered from her past love but he discovers that SUM has reuni
CHO returns to work and HUNG asks everybody to submit a position paper on this. Old staff CHAU supports the return of CHO and HUNG punishes her secretly. LAI visits the resigned staffs with WING HO and she persuades them to return. LAI overhears the telephone conversation between HUNG and her ex-husband HAK KEUNG. She asks WING HO to follow HUNG with her. HUNG actually collaborates with KEUNG secretly and she is trying to purchase KEUNG’s stores with high price. KA accepts YUET’s promotional pla
MEI leaves the company. KA pretends to be easy going about her departure but he actually feels lost. SUM and HUNG go shopping together. They accidentally meet SHUN’s girlfriend WING LAM and HUNG realizes that SUM has become a third party in the relationship. MEI meets an old friend from Portugal called JIMMY and she tries to play tricks to gain KA’s love again. LAM suddenly visits SUM and she reveals that she has become sterile because of SHUN. LAI discovers that WING HO is crying in the park. S