Well, howdy! I don’t know about you but I’ve been in a turkey/roll/butter/pie-for-breakfast coma for the past 2 days. I figured it was about time to check-in and make sure that you had a great Thanksgiving. And, what a better way to check in than to share with you a recipe for cake a day after you’ve likely vowed to watch what you eat from now until Christmas. You’re welcome. My concern for your well-being just exudes from me, doesn’t it? I love you, really I do. See that streusel?

Sharing streusel this good and easy only occurs when you really love someone.
My original coffee cake in a mug is one of the most viewed recipes on HLF. For the pumpkin version all you’ll do is swap the applesauce for some pumpkin puree, throw in a pinch of ground cloves, and voila! You’ve got yourself a warm, autumn-spiced coffee cake for one that is ready to eat in just a few minutes.

Dangerous? Yes. Totally worth it? Absolutely. See you on Monday! Until then, don’t forget to enter to win a fun gift-pack from Alexia Foods.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp pumpkin puree
- vanilla extract, few drops
- 1/4 C All Purpose flour
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- pinch of salt
- pinch of ground cloves
- 1 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- In a mug soften 1 tbsp of butter in microwave, about 5 seconds. You don’t want it melted, just soft. Stir in 2 tbsp of sugar and mix until well incorporated. Stir in pumpkin, vanilla (just a tiny bit, we’re talking drops), flour, baking powder, and pinch of salt and cloves; stirring until just combined. Use the back of your spoon to smooth it out in the bottom of the mug.
- Want struesel? Of course you do! In a separate, small bowl, combine 1 tbsp of butter, 2 tbsp of flour, 1 tbsp of brown sugar, and 1/4 tsp cinnamon. Use your fingers to to pinch the butter and mix it in with the other ingredients. When it starts to look like lumpy sand (appetizing, eh?) and all ingredients are combined, pour on top of cake batter in mug.
- Cook in the microwave for 50-80 seconds depending on your microwave. At 1 minute, my microwave cooks it perfectly. It will look just barely set on top. You don’t want to overcook it and things tend to get ugly fast in the microwave. I suggest cooking it 50 seconds, and then in 10 second intervals checking after each interval until done. Eat white it’s still warm. Once it cools off, it tends to loose some of it’s magic!

Comments
This knowledge could be dangerous
What a great idea!
Hi. I pinned this a while back, because I love pumpkin anything! Tonight, I stumbled across it again and decided to make it. I’m so glad I did! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I have featured it tonight on my blog and told my followers to come and try it out. Thanks again! Sarah http://creating-sarah.blogspot.com/2013/01/pumpkin-coffee-cakein-mug.html
Hi Sarah! So glad you tried the cake- it’s dangerous, huh? Thanks for sharing the recipe too!