Description
When you want cake for one, this pumpkin spice mug cake is ready in minutes and full of warm autumn pumpkin spice flavour!
Ingredients
The Cake:
- 1/2 cup oat flour (make your own from 1/2 cup ground oats!)
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsp pumpkin puree
- 2 tbsp oat milk (or plant milk of choice)
The Drizzle:
- 1 tsp vegan butter, melted
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice (or 1/2 tsp cinnamon and pinch of each ginger, cloves, and nutmeg)
- 4 pecans, crushed
*All the ingredients for this recipe are from our pantry and freezer tips!
Instructions
- Mix the dry cake ingredients in a small mug. Make a well in the centre and add the maple syrup, pumpkin puree, and plant milk. Stir to combine until no more flour is visible. Let sit while you melt the butter.
- Add the remaining maple syrup and pumpkin pie spice to the melted butter.
- By now, the batter in your mug will have fluffed up a bit. Gently make another well in the batter or remove half the batter with a spoon and drop in 2 of the crushed pecans. Drizzle in one third of the maple mixture and gently return the batter you have removed.
- Sprinkle the remaining 2 pecans and drizzle another third of the maple mixture on the top of the mug cake.
- Microwave on high for 1 minute and 20 seconds. Careful taking the mug out (it will be hot!). If you poke the top of the batter and it springs back; it is done. Otherwise, you can cook it for another 10 seconds.
- Drizzle the remaining maple mixture over the top and enjoy while the cake is warm as mug cakes do not last very well!
Notes
Approximate Cost: CAD $0.84
To make oat flour from whole quick or rolled oats, simply grind the oats into a flour using a blender or food processor. Ensure your oats are gluten-free certified if needed. Feel free to use white or whole wheat all purpose flour. I have tried this with almond flour but the cake does not puff up much at all and doesn’t achieve a cake-like texture.
If you don’t have pumpkin puree you can make this a cinnamon apple mug cake by substituting the pumpkin puree with applesauce and just adding cinnamon to the maple butter mixture. (Even add chopped apple if you have it).
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: microwave
- Cuisine: American