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Home » Desserts » Pumpkin Mug Cake

Pumpkin Mug Cake

By Erin · September 26, 2014 · Updated September 25, 2020 · 36 Comments

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A quick and easy PUMPKIN MUG CAKE that’s filled with chocolate chips and is ready in just 5 minutes!

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Recipe features

  • A delicious pumpkin cake that’s ready in just 5 minutes
  • A quick and easy dessert recipe
  • Even better when topped with chocolate chips

Ingredient notes

Flour – whole wheat, but can sub all purpose flour

Brown sugar – can sub cane sugar

Milk- any kind

Method

Start by stirring the dry ingredients–flour, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt–together in a mug.

Then, add the milk, pumpkin and vanilla to the mug and whisk until the batter is smooth.

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Microwave the cake for 2 minutes. Then, top the whole thing with chocolate chips and dig in!

Notes

  • Don’t have pumpkin pie spice? Use cinnamon instead.
  • Want to switch it up? Try using white chocolate chips.
  • Sweetener: I found brown sugar to work best, but cane sugar works too. Can also use maple syrup instead, though if you do that, I’d only use 2 tbsp milk.

More pumpkin recipes

  • Vegan Pumpkin Cake
  • Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
  • Cream Cheese Pumpkin Hummus

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Pumpkin Mug Cake

A quick and easy pumpkin mug cake that's filled with chocolate chips and is ready in just 5 minutes!
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Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 1
Author: Erin

Ingredients

  • 4 tbsp whole wheat flour
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 2 tbsp pumpkin
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp chocolate chips optional

Instructions

  • Stir flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt together in a mug.
  • Add milk, pumpkin and vanilla to the mug and stir to combine. Then, stir in 1 tbsp of the chocolate chips.
  • Microwave the cake for 2 minutes. Then, top it with the remaining chocolate chips.

Notes

*Calories are an estimation 

Nutrition

Calories: 382kcal | Carbohydrates: 69g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 1259mg | Potassium: 262mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 2657IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 106mg | Iron: 2mg
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UPDATE NOTE: This post was originally published in September 2014. It was updated with new text and photos in September 2020.

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Erin is the recipe developer, writer and photographer behind the healthy food blog, The Almond Eater. She's been blogging since 2014 and loves to create food for many different diets, including vegan, gluten free and/or Whole30 recipes.

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