Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake that Fall Dreams Are Made Of

Want a fluffy, pumpkin-y fall treat? It only takes 2 minutes to make this yummy pumpkin spice mug cake! With all the cozy pumpkin spice vibes, you’ll fall for this pumpkin cake in a mug! (I’ll see myself out…) (But not until I give you the recipe.)

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Pumpkin Spice Cake in a Mug

I really never get tired of pumpkin desserts! They are a year-round treat for me, but as soon as the morning air starts to feel a tiny bit cool, the pumpkin beast in me is unleashed.

I look to all things orange. I practically turn orange, like an autumn version of Hulk (“Pumpkin smash!”).

Related recipe: Cute and spooky Halloween eyeball mug cake

For this mug cake recipe I wanted to make a traditional pumpkin spice cake dessert in a single-serving form.

This pumpkin spice mug cake is made with regular all-purpose flour and ingredients that are probably already in your kitchen.

If you’re looking for a keto pumpkin spice mug cake, you’ll find an amazing one here. It’s a keto pumpkin mug cake that is made with almond flour – it’s delicious and gluten-free!

For another coffeeshop-drink-inspired mug cake, try this super yummy matcha mug cake.

Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Pumpkin puree
• Granulated sugar
• Pumpkin spice mix
• Melted butter or oil
• Milk (any kind)
• Baking powder

And a mug!

These are my favorite mugs. They’re great for yourself or for gift season!

What is Pumpkin Spice Made Of?

If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice mix, you can easily make your own.

Pumpkin spice mix ingredients are typically these four spices:

• Cinnamon
• Ginger
• Nutmeg
• Cloves

For a quick pumpkin spice mix that you can use in this recipe and anything that calls for pumpkin spice (you can even add some to your coffee or hot chocolate!), use these amounts:

• 1 tablespoons cinnamon
• ½ tablespoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon cloves

Stir it all together and keep in a glass jar.

If you don’t have cloves, you can use allspice instead.

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Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake Substitutions

If you don’t have pumpkin spice mix AND you don’t want to mix up your own batch with the pumpkin spice mix recipe above, I gotchu.

This pumpkin cake in a mug recipe is super adaptable. You can use only cinnamon if that’s what you have. You can use a mix of cinnamon and ginger.

Nutmeg and cloves are really powerful, so if you only have those spices, use just a couple of good pinches of each.

(FYI, I’d recommend getting this mix for next time – it’s so fresh and delicious!)

To make this a gluten-free pumpkin mug cake, use a gluten-free flour mix like this one.

This is already an egg-free mug cake, and if you want to make it vegan, use a butter substitute like Earth Balance.

If you don’t have pumpkin puree, but you have pumpkin pie filling, you can use that instead. I would decrease the granulated sugar in the recipe to just 1 tablespoon (or skip it entirely) because the pumpkin pie filling is already sweetened.

Let’s make this traditional pumpkin mug cake!

If you like cinnamon, try this yummy snickerdoodle mug cake!

Let me know if you try this pumpkin spice mug cake!