Summary of 5 Simple Ways to Make Mooncakes Using an Air Fryer

1 Mooncake with mung bean filling

The mooncake with mung bean filling is considered the national sweet mooncake as almost everyone has tasted the unique flavor of this cake at least once.

However, this Mid-Autumn Festival, you no longer need to buy mung bean mooncakes from outside. TasteVN wants to bring you a simple, delicious, authentic way to make mung bean mooncakes using an air fryer.

With a golden, soft, and delicious cake crust, fragrant with five spice powder and enticing peanut oil blended with the smooth, sweet, and rich mung bean filling. When eating, you can enjoy it with a cup of fragrant hot tea to balance the taste under the cool night sky, what could be better?

2 Mixed filling mooncake

This can be said to be a national mooncake just as popular as the mung bean mooncake during the Mid-Autumn Festival for the Vietnamese. The special thing that creates the love for this cake is the diverse and unique mixed filling inside.

Therefore, the traditional method of making mixed filling mooncakes is also quite complicated and labor-intensive, but you can completely make mixed filling mooncakes at home with just an air fryer.

Although this mooncake is baked using an air fryer, the cake crust remains fresh, fragrant, hot, and not too dry but moist and incredibly appealing. Moreover, you can combine the mixed filling inside according to your personal preference.

If you love the traditional mixed mooncake filling, you can use lap xuong, lard, lotus seed jam, pumpkin jam,… As for modern mixed fillings, they are often made from ingredients like: ham, orange jam, lemon jam, walnuts, pecans, dried grapes,… Try making it right away!

3 Salted egg custard mooncake

Salted egg custard mooncakes always create a very interesting impression on eaters with the rich, golden salted egg yolk slowly oozing out whenever the cake is cut, right?

However, to successfully create this salted egg custard mooncake, the chef needs to precisely control the heat and timing. But nowadays, with just a compact and convenient air fryer, even home cooks can easily make this cake.

When wrapped up and given to loved ones, they will be impressed at first glance by the beautiful, shiny, golden color of the cake skin. When eaten, you will feel the smooth cake skin combined with the sweet, warm filling, especially the rich, melting salted egg ingredient that everyone loves!

4 Coconut Milk Mooncake

If your family always enjoys traditional mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, why not try something new this year by using your cute little air fryer at home to make this coconut milk mooncake and treat your family and friends?

With just a few simple steps thanks to the air fryer, your coconut milk mooncakes will have a beautiful golden color, with a soft, melting crust that is sweet and fragrant from the eggs and brown sugar blended with the sweet, rich coconut milk filling, accented by a hint of saltiness from salted egg yolk.

Everything melds together, creating a flavor that is both unique and wonderful for you to try right away for your family and friends to enjoy!

5 Thousand-Layer Mooncake

For those who love novelty, uniqueness, and creativity, this thousand-layer mooncake will be the perfect choice for you to try this Mid-Autumn Festival with the help of a super convenient air fryer.

The thousand-layer mooncakes, freshly baked, will have an eye-catching appearance with three colors: white, green, and purple intermingling. When eaten, you will experience the soft, fluffy crust combined with the sweet, rich mung bean filling that is incredibly enticing.

Additionally, the size of this mooncake is not too large, so when you eat it, you won’t feel overwhelmed, and it pairs perfectly with hot tea, making it a harmonious and delightful combination.

Hope that the 5 ways to make mooncakes using an air fryer compiled by TasteVN above can help you have a cozy mid-autumn night, enjoying the feast with your family!