Description
This Pumpkin Spice Cottage Cheese Mug Cake is a cozy, high-protein, gluten-free treat made in minutes. With pumpkin purée, cottage cheese, and warm spices, it’s the perfect single-serve fall dessert or snack.
Ingredients
½ cup canned pumpkin purée
¼ cup cottage cheese (blended smooth)
1 egg
2 tbsp oat flour (or almond flour for lower carbs)
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp maple syrup or honey (optional)
Pinch of salt
Optional: whipped coconut cream or Greek yogurt with cinnamon
Instructions
1. Blend cottage cheese until smooth.
2. Whisk pumpkin purée, cottage cheese, egg, and maple syrup in a mug.
3. Stir in oat flour, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and salt until combined.
4. Microwave on high for 2–3 minutes until set.
5. Top with whipped coconut cream or Greek yogurt and cinnamon.
Notes
Microwaves vary—check cake at 2 minutes and add time as needed.
For extra fluff, whip egg white separately and fold in.
Swap almond flour for oat flour to lower carbs.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 3 minutes
- Category: Dessert, Snack, Breakfast
- Method: Microwave
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 mug cake
- Calories: 250
- Sugar: 7g
- Sodium: 200mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 18g
- Cholesterol: 90mg