This healthy pumpkin mug cake only takes 2 minutes to make in the microwave. It’s an easy and flourless pumpkin mug cake that is paleo and gluten-free! A yummy pumpkin treat for breakfast, a snack, or a healthy dessert.
It’s Pumpkin Mug Muffin Time!
What time is pumpkin mug muffin time exactly?
Well, it’s now-o-clock, when the mornings start to feel just a teeny bit cooler, all the way until the snow falls.
Pumpkin o’clock.
My absolute favorite time of year.
Though I eat pumpkin cake year round, it’s particularly seasonal right now.
Get out your fuzzy socks, your cozy sweater, and your favorite mug, and get ready to make this healthy pumpkin cake for one!
I have a second pumpkin mug cake recipe on this site too! It’s for a traditional (using all-purpose flour) pumpkin spice mug cake and is delicious too (not gluten-free).
>> For other delicious mug cakes for the fall and winter, try this chai spice mug cake, this snickerdoodle mug cake, this pecan butterscotch mug cake, this cinnamon mug cake, and this cinnamon apple mug cake – yum!! >>
Healthy Pumpkin Cake – Single Serving
If you hadn’t noticed, I love mug cakes (another current fave – this gingerbread mug cake). And from the number of saves and shares on my other mug cake recipes, I see I’m not alone! (P.S. Thank you so much for saving and sharing and trying my recipes – it means a lot to me!)
If you’re short on time and you want a yummy baked thing, they are so perfect. I love baking whole batches of cookies and muffins, etc. too but you just can’t beat a mug cake for instant gratification.
This pumpkin mug cake recipe takes a whopping 3 minutes to make. One minute of prep and two minutes to cook.
Occasionally I will split up this recipe into two espresso-sized mugs because one of those is the perfect serving for my 3-year-old. If you do this I find it’s best to microwave them separately and watch them closely in the microwave if the mug is small.
Related recipes:
- Vegan Banana Bread in a Mug
- The Best Keto Mug Bread
- Gluten-Free Coffee Mug Cake
- 3-Ingredient Peanut Butter Mug Cake
- Healthy Banana Bread Mug Cake
- Double Chocolate Mug Cake
Pumpkin Mug Cake
This pumpkin mug cake is flourless – made with almond flour which isn’t really a flour at all, but ground almonds. I love the flavor of it – it tastes rich and slightly sweet and is packed with protein!
The recipe calls for pumpkin pie spice but if you want to make this asap (I don’t blame you) and don’t have any, just sub an equal amount of cinnamon.
For the sweetener, this mug cake is slightly sweetened with coconut sugar. If you’ve never tried it before, coconut sugar doesn’t taste anything like coconut – not even a little bit. It has a rich taste that is similar to brown sugar. I put a range so you can customize the taste to be more dessert-like or more breakfast-like.
If you want to substitute for a different kind of sugar, lots of kinds would work well, just keep it to a granulated sweetener. Cane sugar, brown sugar, date sugar, they would all work in this recipe.
For a keto pumpkin mug cake, use erythritol instead of the coconut sugar.
Pumpkin Mug Cake
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp almond flour
- 1 egg free range
- 3 tbsp pumpkin puree
- 1-2 tbsp sugar (I used coconut sugar) or any dry sugar (use erythritol for a keto version)
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice or you can just use cinnamon if that's what you have
Instructions
- Crack the egg into a small bowl and break up the yolk.
- Add the almond flour, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and sugar.
- Mix everything together with a fork or whisk.
- Spray a mug or ramekin lightly with oil.
- Pour in the batter.
- Microwave for ~90 seconds.
- Depending on your microwave you might need an extra 30-60 seconds.
- Stay with it and only microwave 20 seconds at a time after the initial 90 seconds so you don't get a pumpkin mug cake explosion.
Have some blueberries kicking around? Make this 2-minute blueberry mug cake!
If you’re looking for a fun mug for your mug cakes (or coffee), check out these 25 best mugs for $25 and under! They make great gifts too!
⇓ Make sure you pin this pumpkin mug cake recipe to save it for later ⇓
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OMG, I just printed and pinned this recipe. I do not eat wheat and this is perfect for me!
Happy Fall,
Kippi
Ps. Please share this on the YTS blog hop on my site (kippiathome.com
Yay! It makes me so happy that you’re excited about this pumpkin mug cake recipe 🙂 I hope you love it! I made another one today for a snack this evening – yum. I will definitely drop by and share!
I’m so excited for pumpkin season! I’m also looking forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing on To Grandma’s House We Go, I’ll be featuring you next week!
Me toooo!!! lol I hope you love it Chas! I’ve been making it a few times a week. Thank you so much for the feature 🙂
Love this great recipe. I substituted Garnet Yam /sweet potato. Also added some walnuts. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Yay! Glad you loved this pumpkin mug cake recipe and thanks for sharing your sweet potato sub – I bet that was delicious! xx
Oooo! This screams FALL! Looks amazing!
I hope you try it! 🙂
Your Pumpkin Mug Cake looks delicious, I would love one right now. Thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday,447 this week. Hope you have a great Labor Day Weekend and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Thank you Miz Helen! I would love to make you a pumpkin mug cake! 🙂 It’s raining here for the long weekend but still enjoying extra time off and spending more time with our daughter 🙂 Have a great long weekend!
Do you have the nutrition facts? Calories?
YES!! I love mug cakes! I used to eat them when my kids were little because it was so easy!! This recipe makes me want to start making them again. This one especially has all the yummy tastes of Fall! Thank you! Saw your post from the snickerdoodle party! pinning this:)
Mug cakes are so great when you have little kids! A 2-minute yummy recipe? Yes please! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
Suchot,
I love mug cakes and this pumpkin one looks so yummy. Congrats, you are being featured at Over The Moon Linky Party. I hope you stop by.
https://www.eclecticredbarn.com/2019/09/over-moon-linky-party.html
Hugs,
Bev
Thanks so much Bev!! I am a huge fan of mug cakes too – we have several a week!
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Suchot,
I love mug cakes so much I am featuring you on Thursday Favorite Things as well.
https://www.eclecticredbarn.com/2019/09/thursday-favorite-things.html
Hugs,
Bev
Thank you so much Bev!! I hope you have a great day! It’s supposed to feel warm and summery here – yay!
This mug cake looks and sounds delicious! I love how easy it is to make…and with ingredients I generally always have on hand! Can’t wait to try it!
Thank you Kristi!! 🙂 I hope you love it!
I just pinned this for later! Thanks for sharing the recipe! Love your blog. I’m heading over now to follow you in IG.
I would love a follow back and come see me sometime.
Lisa
Hey Lisa, nice to “meet” you! Thanks for your sweet comment 🙂 Heading over to yours to check it out as well.
Looks delicious – pinning to try! Thanks for sharing with us at the Snickerdoodle Link Party! This will be one of my features tomorrow!
Yay!! I hope you love this pumpkin mug cake! I keep making it with slight variations. Thank you for the feature! 🙂
This looks so yummy! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Hugs,
Deb
It is really yummy 🙂 I hope you try it! xx
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I make a lot of Paleo mug cakes and need to find a good pumpkin one. But this was dry and the middle top never fully cooked. I’m going to try it again with some coconut oil and maple syrup, maybe less almond flour.
I’m sorry it didn’t turn out for you Michelle. When I made it it turned out fluffy and moist. Sometimes it takes some playing around with the exact time on microwaves, since ours are all different. I hope it turns out with your modifications – they sound great!
I just made this wanted something sweet ! It was perfect! But what is the calories in it ??
Glad you loved this pumpkin mug cake Reneé! I’m not sure about the calories – I don’t calculate them. If you’d like you could try a free online nutrition facts calculator if you’re curious. ❤️
I like to eat pumpkin year round too. I’ll definitely be making your recipe soon! I’d love it if you’d share your recipe on my Friday Favorites Link Party
Hi! I hope you love it <3 Sure, I would like to drop by! 🙂
Do you think a flax egg and gluten-free flout (that does not include almond flour) could work? I am avoiding eggs and almonds due to my son’s food sensitivities, but I am looking for a yummy pumpkin recipe!
Elena
Hi Elena! I tried making an egg-free pumpkin cake version and I’ll be honest, I didn’t love it (tried with a chia egg). I’m hoping to develop a really yummy vegan pumpkin mug cake in the future! For now you could try this chai spice mug cake: https://bestmugcakes.com/chai-spice-mug-cake/. It doesn’t have any almond flour or eggs in it. For a pumpkin recipe though, you could try these pumpkin scones https://www.thecuriousfrugal.com/gluten-free-pumpkin-scones/ and sub the gf flour for almond flour (they already don’t have egg in them). You might have to adjust the amount of flour slightly. The dough shouldn’t be too sticky. Good luck!! 🙂
Would Apple sauce work?
Hi Patricia! You could sub applesauce for the pumpkin puree – yes that would work. You can’t use applesauce instead of egg in this recipe because it won’t set properly and would be more of a pudding. Have a wonderful day!
Thank you for inspiring me, I have very few ingredients but love to bake so this recipe certainly make it possible! Great site!
Thanks so much Charmaine! That’s the beauty of mug cakes – simple and quick baking! xx
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I separated this into 2 ramekins. One I added chocolate chips to. I only cooked 60 seconds and it was perfect.
Thanks for trying my pumpkin mug cake recipe and for your review. 🙂 xx
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