The invention discloses cake type mooncake and a preparation method of the cake type mooncake. The cake type mooncake comprises soft stuffing and cake type mooncake skin covering the soft stuffing. The cake type mooncake skin comprises, by weight, 24% to 26% of weak strength flour, 4% to 6% of high gluten flour, 20% to 22% of egg pulp, 2% to 3% of yolk, 20% to 22% of castor sugar, 20% to 22% of shortening, 1% to 2% of milk powder, 0.2% to 0.3% of salt, 0.4% to 0.5 % of baking powder, 0.1% to 0.2% of cake emulsifier, 0.05% to 0.08% of thickener and 0.1% of corrosion remover. Before the cake type mooncake is baked, encrusting is conducted through a universal encrusting machine, the cake type mooncake is directly baked after encrusting, the stuffing does not fall to the bottom or deform, the taste of fragrant, sweet and soft of cake is kept, the defect that traditional cake is short in shelf life is overcome, and the shelf life of the cake type mooncake can reach six to twelve months under the condition of normal temperature and sealed package.