Baked Almond Flour Mooncakes Stuffed with Cheesecake
Equipment
Ingredients
Cheesecake Filling (Use Different FIlling* if Desired)
- 1 pkg low fat or fat free cream cheese best if room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp sugar of choice
Mooncake
- 1 cup almond flour
- 2 T coconut flour
- 2 T sugar of choice**
- 2 T olive oil
- ¼ cup mashed bananas
- ½ tsp cinnamon powder (optional)
Instructions
Cheesecake Filling
- Prepare the mooncake cheesecake filling: whisk cream cheese with egg and sugar until smooth.
- Pour into a 5 x5 inch square pan and bake 350F for 15 minutes, or until the middle has set
- Let cool in the freezer until completely frozen
- Cut into 1 ½ inch squares and set aside
Mooncake Crust
- Mix almond flour, coconut flour, sugar, olive oil and mashed bananas together until smooth
- Divide dough into 8 equal pieces
- Flatten each piece of dough into a disk, then wrap the frozen cheesecake square with the almond flour dough.
- Use a ligtly greased*** mold to press the dough into mooncake shapes and set onto a clean parchment paper. I used a 75g mooncake mold, but you can use any mold size you have at home - just be sure to adjust the filling size!
- Bake in a preheated 350F oven for 12-15 minutes until the tops are lightly browned.
- For the best texture, store these mooncakes inside an airtight container and chill overnight in the fridge. The mooncakes actually taste better the day after.
- Enjoy!
Notes
*You can use any mooncake fillings of choice, like lotus paste, nuts, sweetened bean paste, or even mashed sweet potato
**I used raw cane sugar for this recipe, but coconut, date and maple sugars are better, less processed granulated sugars I would also recommend. Please note that these sugars will make the mooncakes appear darker. For lower carb options, you can also use sugar-free sweeteners such as monk fruit sweetener or stevia (but you’ll have to convert according to package instructions).
***I used olive oil cooking spray to grease my mooncake mold. If you don’t have olive oil cooking spray you can use other vegetable oil sprays or melted coconut oil.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 6gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 113mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 190IUVitamin C: 1mgVitamin D: 1µgCalcium: 75mgIron: 1mgZinc: 1mg***Net Carbs: 6g
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