Pumpkin Mug Cake (Paleo and 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, and this cinnamon apple mug cake – yum!! >>

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

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.

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!

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