A Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Mug Cake! Just 5 minutes and a handful of healthy ingredients will give you this delicious gluten-free and paleo snack. Perfect when you’re craving something muffin-y but don’t want to make an entire batch.
Hello and welcome to day #2,643 of Amanda’s oven-less adventures! And by day #2,643 I actually mean day 11, but who’s counting? (read: I am. obsessively.)
Have I mentioned that I miss roasted potatoes like crazy? And that I suddenly can’t stop thinking up all these muffin varieties that I want to put to the test? I took my oven for granted, man. Worked her hard and never even let her self-clean. I’m sorry!
On the bright side, the baking drought is [hopefully] coming to an end because my new oven is [hopefully] coming tomorrow *insert happy dance >here<*. Fingers crossed that it just slides right in to the old oven’s place and works without any of those hitches that always seem to come with renovations. Not that this is a renovation of any sort, but you know what I’m saying. Something always comes up.
But we’re thinking happy thoughts here, and it hasn’t been all that bad, right? I mean, the stove gave us applesauce; the “Waffle Maker” gave us waffles; and now the microwave is giving us a pumpkin snickerdoodle mug cake…
I’m super glad the oven is coming back, though, because I got it in my head to only post recipes with completely different cooking methods while going through this ordeal, and I’m kind of running out of cooking methods. I don’t have a slow cooker or a grill, so the next logical step would probably be to head outside, light a fire, and roast something over it.
Key word logical. I never said it was actually practical 😜
Thankfully, I don’t think it’ll come to that, and today’s quick & easy recipe won’t have you busting out the matches and firewood. Unless you want to enjoy it by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate or something. That’s totally acceptable.
And totally perfect since this mug cake actually has the light & fluffy texture of a muffin…
… which I NEED since I’m having some serious baked good withdrawals over here. Expect nothing but muffins and quick breads for like a month after I get my oven back.
Kidding. Kind of.
Until then, we’ve got this pumpkin snickerdoodle (obsessed) mug cake that’s perfect for snacking on when you’re craving something muffin-y but don’t want to go through the process of making an entire batch.
This guy has just a handful of super simple ingredients and takes all of 5 minutes to put together. You can make it in the oven if you’re lucky enough to have one, and can make it paleo by subbing out the oats with more almond flour. Either way, it makes a deliciously healthy gluten-free snack.
Happy eating!
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Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Mug Cake
- Total Time: 7 mins
- Yield: 1 serving 1x
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp (7 g) coconut flour
- 1 Tbsp (7 g) almond flour
- 1 Tbsp (5 g) quick oats*
- 1 Tbsp (12 g) coconut palm sugar**
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 large egg
- 2 Tbsp (30 g) pumpkin puree
Instructions
- Add the coconut flour, almond flour, oats, sugar, cinnamon, and baking powder to a microwave-safe mug or ramekin, mixing until all the dry ingredients are well combined.
- Add the egg and pumpkin, stirring gently until no clumps remain and all the ingredients are fully incorporated. Sprinkle the top with a little bit of extra cinnamon and sugar.
- Microwave on high for 2½ to 3 minutes, depending on microwave strength and the size of your dish.***
- Carefully remove from the microwave (it’s hot!) and enjoy!
Notes
* You can sub this for another tablespoon of almond flour if you want to make this grain-free and paleo. ** You can also use brown or cane sugar. *** You can also make this the oven by preheating your oven to 350F (176C) and baking for 15 – 20 minutes, until desired consistency is reached.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 2 mins
Looking for more easy pumpkin recipes? Try one of these!
No Bake Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Bites
Flourless Pumpkin Brownies
Fudgy Flourless Pumpkin Pie Bars
One Bowl Greek Yogurt Pumpkin Bread
Flourless Pumpkin Pie Muffins
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I’m not sure I could survive without my oven…has the cook top at least been working?
Also, I puffy heart anything snickerdoodle….even if pumpkin is involved. 🙂
I once went like 12 hours with a broken oven and I nearly died lol. I can’t imagine going several days! Although I guess living off this mug cake wouldn’t be so bad! Looks super delicious. 🙂
Pumpkin snickerdoodles are one of my favorite fall cookies so this looks like a great version to try out!
I love how simple this mug cake is! Hope you get an oven that works soon 🙂 I don’t think I could survive very long without an oven.
Oh wow this looks excellent! Looks so fluffy!
Mmm! I love snickerdoodle cookies but never thought about pumpkin with it!!
ovenless is like not having a water! I kid. But really, this time of year you need a oven. the smell of fresh cookies. ahhhh. and kabocha!
but, i;ll take this any day. It looks so cute! how dod you do it? my mug cakes look like a mug, haha. not a muffin
That sucks about your oven, but hey at least you get a new one! My day is going slowly……with election stuff taking over the news and basically everyone’s life around here, I think we’re all just anxious to see who wins!
I’m going to keep my fingers crossed that your new oven is up and running quicker and easier than I could polish off this mug cake! Amanda, you sure have a way with your microwave – you can get it to do what sometimes I cannot even get my oven to do as this pumpkin snickerdoodle is magnificent! The texture of it is just plain phenomenal!
I am sorry to have been MIA – been dealing with home and blog fixes – and so sorry to hear about your oven. Really hoping you are up and running soon!
xx
I am eating this delicious pumpkin snickerdoodle mug cake & it is delicious. It was so easy – usually I put your mug cake recipes in the oven…but I did use the microwave for 3 minutes and it came out perfect. You did it again…thank you…thank you…thank you very much – as Elvis said – lol!
I hope the oven addition goes smoothly for you! If not you can always drown your sorrows in this pumpkin snickerdoodle mug cake. 😉 It looks and sounds amazing!!
YES to the oven! You’ve been very patient lol 🙂 I would be so sad without my roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes, not to mention cookies. Love the backdrop btw!
I don’t think I could live that long without an oven because I would miss my roasted veggies but you totally rocked your non-oven recipes like this mug cake! It’s so fluffy and the pumpkin-snicerdoodle combo is making my mouth water 🙂
my day better start looking up because I woke up to a broken Keurig machine!!