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You are here: Home / Desserts / Dessert / Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free)

August 26, 2021

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free)

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Gluten Free
Vegan
Low Calorie
Can be Low Carb / Paleo

I’m a sucker for pretty patterns, lovely bright colors and above all, cuteness. And these sweet potato mooncakes are just that and more.

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Here’s a chewy and delectable sweet potato mooncake recipe I’ve developed in my Healthier Mooncakes Experiment post last week. Made using almond flour, coconut flour, mashed sweet potatoes and coconut oil, these bright orange mooncakes are gluten-free and vegan-friendly. Definitely not your typical Chinese confectionaries that are made with flour and filled with egg yolks.

Despite how different they are from the original, these sweet potato mooncakes taste simply amazing! These yummy treats have a toothsome, chewy exterior and fudgy filling inside. Since it’s made from almond flour, it had a nutty flavor and thicker texture than the traditional mooncakes that made them seem extra hearty. The other great thing about this recipe is that you can use any fruit or veggie puree of your choice to use for binding the dough together (such as applesauce, mashed sweet potato or pumpkin puree).

Still, sweet potatoes remain one of my favorite ingredients to incorporate into healthy desserts and snack recipes, and for many good reasons. One of them is how healthy they are:

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Why Sweet Potatoes are so Good for You:

According to USDA, sweet potato contain fiber (3 g/100g), starch (12,6 g/100g), potassium (337 mg/100g), vitamin C (2,4 mg/100g). Sweet potato’s tubers have antidiabetic, antioxidant and anti-proliferative properties due to the presence of valuable nutritional and mineral components. They also appear to be very beneficial in the diet of diabetics and consumers with insulin resistance because of their low glycemic index. Also, sweet potato has a higher amylose ratio when compared to regular potato, which raises the blood sugar levels slowly compared to simple sugars. That’s why sweet potatoes are a wonderful addition to a healthy diet.

SWEET POTATOES FOR MAINTAINING HEALTHY WEIGHT

One of the main ways sweet potatoes can help you lose weight is thanks to their high dietary fiber. Dietary fiber aids weight loss because fiber is bulky and slow-digesting; an increased amount of dietary fiber will take up a lot of room in your stomach and keep you feeling full for an extended period of time. Because it takes a longer time for high fiber foods to leave your gut and enter your digestive tract, you feel less hunger and crave less food. It also doesn’t hurt that sweet potato contains a high amount of water (68,5%). Like fiber, water takes up a lot of room in your stomach. Therefore, eating foods containing high amounts of water, such as sweet potatoes, will make you feel full and prevent overeating and snacking between meals. A study shows that meal replacement and sweet potato consumption in overweight person for eight weeks decrease 5% in body weight, body fat and body mass index.

What You'll Find in this Post:
1. Why Sweet Potatoes are so Good for You:
2. Recipes that Also Use Sweet Potatoes
3. Ingredients Used to Make This Sweet Potato Mooncakes
4. How to Make
5. Recipe Variations and Optional Add Ins:

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Ingredients Used to Make This Sweet Potato Mooncakes

**I’ve linked some of these ingredients to amazon.com to give you an idea of what they are, but you should also be able to find them in your local grocery store (usually, the natural & organic food section). They are also affiliate links, which means that I earn a commission as an Amazon Associate if you decide to purchase the items. The price will be the same for you, link or no link 🙂

  • Almond flour – I used blanched almond flour. But you can also make your own by blending raw or blanched, slivered almonds in the food processor and sifting them through a sieve.
  • Coconut flour – Coconut flour does not substitute well, and I can’t recommend swapping coconut flour with other ingredients unless you absolutely had to (2 Tbsp coconut flour = ½ cup almond flour). Unfortunately, you probably won’t get the same texture or mouthfeel as the original recipe.
  • Sweet Potato – You’ll need mashed sweet potatoes for this recipe. You can steam, bake or boil them until soft but here’s the easy method: Wash a and wrap a whole sweet potato in a microwave-safe silicone bag or in a plastic wrap, then microwave on high for 6-7 minutes (or more depending on the size of the potato). You can make sure it’s cooked by sticking a fork or toothpick into the center. Let them cool somewhat before handling and mash it with a fork.
  • Salt – Pink Himalayan salt is what I have at home, so it’s what I use, but you can use any kind for this recipe.
  • Sugar – You can use any granulated sugar of your choice (I used organic cane sugar here) but for healthier alternatives I recommend using coconut, date and maple sugars which are less processed and higher in vitamins and minerals. Keep in mind though that darker sugars do impact the final colors of these mooncakes, and they’ll appear darker. For the lower carb, lower calorie option, you can use a sugar-free substitute such as monk fruit sweetener or, stevia powder (but you’ll have to convert the amount of stevia according to package directions).
  • Coconut Oil – You can use regular coconut oil, but I like to use refined coconut oil, like this one, because there’s less coconut flavor/scent. But for this recipe, you can also try using olive oil, avocado oil, or regular canola oil. You can also use plant-based, dairy-free butter or regular butter instead.

For the Filling You’ll Need

  • Sweetened White Bean Paste (a.k.a. Shiro An) – fudgy and sweet, white bean paste is a perfect filling for mooncakes. You’re welcome to use other fillings for this recipe. More ideas below in the “variation” section
Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Equipment

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

The main highlight of mooncakes is their beautiful engraved patterns and shapes. Mooncake molds are readily available at different Chinese grocery stores. You can also find it online, especially on amazon. They are of premium quality and quite affordable. I got the 50g mooncake molds here

How to Make

How to Make Sweet Potato Vegan Mooncakes

STEP 1

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Prepare mashed sweet potato – either steam, bake or microwave sweet potato until tender. The easiest way I know how to cook sweet potatoes is wrapping the sweet potato in either a microwave safe silicone bag or in plastic wrap, then microwaving them on high for 6-7 minutes (or more depending on the size of the potato). Afterward, I let cool somewhat and mash it with a fork.

STEP 2

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Mix dough ingredients in a clean bowl. For best results, use hands to knead the dough until the dough comes together). Divide the dough into 6 equal-sized pieces and roll into a ball (about 20-30 grams of dough each).

STEP 3

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Prepare the filling- roll the sweetened white bean paste filling into a heaping tablespoon-sized balls (about 30g). You can also mix add ins such as nuts, seeds, dried fruits, or add flavoring/coloring to the bean paste before rolling.

STEP 4

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Flatten the dough into a thin disk using the palms of your hands, place about 30g of filling in the middle. **I wore vinyl gloves here to prevent the dough from sticking to my hands which makes it easier to shape, but the gloves are optional.

STEP 5

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Cover the filling with the dough and gently squeeze the dough into a ball. The ball really does not have to be perfect or smooth, because you’ll be using the mooncake mold to press these rough edges into shape anyways.

STEP 6

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes

Use a well-greased mooncake mold to press the dough into shape. A non-stick cooking spray works well to ensure that the mold is properly greased.

STEP 7

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free)

Bake in a 350F pre-heated oven for about 10-12 minutes, or until the tops of the mooncakes appear dry. The bottom of the cakes should be lightly browned.

Recipe Variations and Optional Add Ins:

FIlling Variations

There are so many types of fillings used in traditional mooncakes. Sweet Bean Paste, Lotus Paste, Jujube Paste and Nuts/seeds are just a couple of examples. For a different kind of filling you can also try these ideas below:

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakes
  • Lotus paste – classic! You can buy these in the refridgerated section in a Asian grocery store, or buy them online (like Amazon, here)
  • Shiro-an (sweetened white bean paste) – on Amazon, here
  • Koshi-an (sweetened red bean paste) – on Amazon, here
  • Matcha paste : 1/2 cup Shiro-on mixed with 1/2 tsp matcha powder; or Matcha Chickpea Filling (recipe here)
  • Coffee paste : 1/2 cup Shiro-a mixed with 2 tsp coffee extract (click on the link to see my 2 ingredient coffee bean paste recipe here)
  • Purple sweet potato – mashed, lightly sweetened and rolled into a ball
  • Chopped Nut filling – can be peanuts, almonds, cashews, pistachios, you name it!
  • Cheesecake – it’s just how it sounds like 🙂 Use a mini circular cookie cutter to cut a small circle of cheesecake and use it to fill these mooncakes.
  • Nutella paste: 1/2 cup Shiro-on mixed with 1 Tbsp Nutella (or Nutiva)
  • Cookie dough: like my healthy chickpea cookie dough made in the food processor (recipe here)

Crust Variations

You can also play around with different Crust variations, too.

  • Chocolate mooncakes – add 1 Tbsp of cocoa powder to the dry ingredients before mixing; add some mini chocolate chips to the filling before rolling into tablespoon sized (about 30 gram) balls.
  • Matcha mooncakes – add 1 tsp of matcha powder to the dry ingredients before mixing
  • Chai or Cinnamon mooncakes – Try adding a tsp of Cardamom Powder or Chai Tea Powder to the batter with the other dry ingredients.
  • Add food coloring. For example add some red food coloring to make a red velvet mooncake variety!
  • Coffee or mocha? Add either a teaspoon of coffee extract or espresso powder.
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*pic* Here’s one made using purple sweet potatoes!

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How to Make this Healthier

  • Storebought lotus pastes and sweet bean pastes are delicious, but rather high in refined sugar and calories. While I still recommend you use the storebought kinds to make these mooncakes as close to the original texture as possible, there are many healthier alternatives for the filling, such as mashed sweet potato (the best ones are Asian sweet potato and Purple Sweet Potato), chickpea cookie dough or chopped nuts (I’ll post the recipe on this later).
  • I also love adding nuts, seeds and other ingredients to the filling that add texture, fiber and nutrition. Try adding nuts or dried fruit to the filling before rolling into tablespoon sized balls.
  • If you want to increase fiber, mix a Tablespoon of ground flaxseed or coconut flour to the filling.
  • For a protein boost, you can also add a Tablespoon of protein powder of your choice. I’ve tried using an unsweetened plant-based protein powder. You can also use this chocolate protein powder 

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How to Store

  • You can store these cakes covered at room temperature for up to 24 hours. For longer storage, you can place them in a plastic freezer bag or airtight container to store in the fridge for up to 4 days, or freeze up to 4 months.

Final Tips

  • I found that these mooncakes taste WAY better the day after they are made. I don’t know how to explain it other than that these mooncake crusts have a better flavor and develop a more fudgier/tender texture when they have a chance to rest in the fridge overnight. So for the best flavor and texture, I recommend that you store these mooncakes inside an airtight container and let them cool in the fridge for at least 8 hours before eating.
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Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free)

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes (Gluten-Free)

Vegan Sweet Potato Mooncakes Recipe (Gluten-Free) - sweet potato mooncakesAll Purpose Veggies
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Chinese
Servings 6 servings
Calories 173 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup almond flour
  • 1 Tbsp coconut flour
  • pinch salt
  • 1 Tbsp granulated sugar of choice*
  • 2 Tbsp sweet potato mashed
  • 1 T coconut oil room temperature or melted
  • 200 g sweetened white bean paste (shiro an)

Instructions
 

  • Mix dough ingredients in a clean bowl. For best results, use hands to knead the dough until the dough comes together)
  • Divide the dough into 6 equal-sized pieces and roll into a ball (about 20-30 grams of dough each)
  • Prepare the filling- roll the sweetened white bean paste filling into a heaping tablespoon-sized balls (about 30g). You can also mix add ins such as nuts, seeds, dried fruits, or add flavoring/coloring to the bean paste before rolling.
  • Flatten the dough into a thin disk using the palms of your hands, place about 30g of filling in the middle.
  • Cover the filling with the dough and gently squeeze the dough into a ball**
  • Use a well-greased mooncake mold to press the dough into shape. A non-stick cooking spray works well to ensure that the mold is properly greased.
  • Bake in a 350F pre-heated oven for about 10-12 minutes, or until the tops of the mooncakes appear dry. The bottom of the cakes should be lightly browned.
  • For best flavor and texture, let the mooncakes cool in the fridge overnight (or at least 8 hours) sealed inside an airtight container. This extra step ensures that the mooncake crust to soften and become more chewy, rather than tough.

Notes

*I like using light-colored sweeteners such as raw cane sugar in this recipe because it doesn’t affect the color of the final product. Coconut, date, and maple sugars are less processed, more natural granulated sugars, but it results in a browner, darker donut so I don’t recommend them here. I also like to use honey powder, since it’s light in color as well as less processed (but it won’t be vegan). For the low carb option reflected in the nutrition facts, you can use sugar-free substitutes such as monk fruit sweetener or stevia powder (but be sure to convert the amount of stevia according to package directions)
**The ball really does not have to be perfect or smooth, because you’ll be using the mooncake mold to press these rough edges into shape anyways.

Nutrition

Calories: 173kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 4mgPotassium: 23mgFiber: 3gSugar: 17gVitamin A: 947IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mgZinc: 1mg***Net Carbs: 21g
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Filed Under: Dessert, Fall, Gluten-Free, Low Calorie, Low Carb, Snacks, Top 2020, Vegan, Veggies, Winter Tagged With: almond-flour, anko, asian-inspired, coconutflour, i, LowCalorie, LowCarb, mooncake, sweetpotato, Vegan

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  1. Lin says

    August 28, 2021 at 10:13 pm

    This is one of the most creative recipes I’ve seen from you Bora! Yes yes yes, please keep them coming I can’t wait to make these during our mid-autumn festival. My family will be very surprised!

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    • All Purpose Veggies says

      September 6, 2021 at 10:07 am

      Thanks so much Lin! Hope you get to make these soon

      Reply
  2. Esmeralda O'Neal says

    September 12, 2021 at 1:42 am

    Is there an alternative to coconut flour? My kids are allergic to coconut but we really want to try making these

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    • All Purpose Veggies says

      September 13, 2021 at 10:45 pm

      Hey Esmeralda, I recommend omitting the 1 Tbsp of coconut flour and using 3 Tbsp more of almond flour. The texture won’t be exactly the same but it should be close enough!

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