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Satisfy your sweet tooth with an easy Pumpkin Mug Cake recipe in just 5 minutes! It's so flavorful, with the perfect cake-like taste and texture.
Pumpkin recipes are my favorite! Try Pumpkin Spice Eggnog, Pumpkin Pancakes, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, or Pumpkin Snickerdoodles!
Pumpkin Mug Cake is a sweet little treat for any day.
I'm still amazed that you can make a single-serving mug cake in the microwave. It seems too good to be true, but I'm telling you it's so legit! (Try my vanilla mug cake and chocolate mug cake, too!). I particularly love this pumpkin version, with cinnamon sugar and pumpkin pie spice. It's cozy, with all the fall vibes, and ready in 5 minutes!
Ingredients Needed:
How to make Pumpkin Mug Cake:
Mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, and salt in a mug. Stir in pumpkin, milk, melted butter, and vanilla until smooth, scraping the bottom of the mug. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Microwave for 70-90 seconds. The cake should be set but still a little shiny on top. Let it rest and cool for a few minutes before eating. Serve with a dollop of whipped cream if you'd like.
- All microwaves are different, so start with 70 seconds then wait 1 minute while it cools. If it's not set, add an extra 15-25 seconds as needed.
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Pumpkin Mug Cake
Ingredients
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch salt
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 Tablespoon canned pumpkin
- 1 Tablespoon melted butter
- dash vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon chocolate chips, , if desired, or serve with a dollop of whipped cream
Instructions
- Mix flour, sugar, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt in a mug. Stir in milk, pumpkin, melted butter and vanilla extract until smooth, being sure to scrape the bottom of the mug. Stir in chocolate chips, if desired.
- Microwave for 70-90 seconds* (until cake is just set, but still barely shiny on top). Allow to rest in microwave for a few minutes before eating.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I originally shared this recipe October 2020. Updated October 2024.
Easy for kids to make and tastes pretty good!!
This was so yummy and easy! I had my two year old help me make it she gave it a thumbs up lol
Our daughters made this with homemade pumpkin puree. The mug cake was a hit! One daughter said she likes it better than all other mug cake recipes and only wants to make this one now. She also thought adding white choc chips would be good with the pumpkin flavor. All around it was a win!
Maybe add less pumpkin in my opinion it seems to much.
Review from 7 year old daughter:
This was delicious and chocolatey. And so yummy. I love it! It was kind of hard to make but I did it all by myself. I would make it again!
It not only tasted grate but it was so fun to make. My doughter is 2 and she keeped stilling the canned pumpkin and squishing it in her hand. And my sun, who is 10 months keeped taking the chocolate chips.
The pumpkin mug cake was such a fun and tasty activity with my 6 and 5 year olds. We substituted gluten free 1:1 flour and it turned out just right, taste-wise. I stirred the chocolate chips in instead of putting them on top so our cakes were not good looking but they tasted delicious.
Kids loved this, super easy and tasty! Must make!
I had 3 granddaughters here, from 5 yrs to 15 yrs. Easily lined the ingredients up, and lined the girls up and took them step by step through this easy and delicious recipe. Wow! It was fast, easy, and delicious!
I made this for the special little ones in my life for Halloween. I used Halloween mugs that they kept. I can definitely see doing this again for Thanksgiving and Christmas with collector mugs.