{"id":75931,"date":"2025-09-29T15:16:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/?p=75931"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:35:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T22:35:07","slug":"pumpkin-spice-mugcake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/pumpkin-spice-mugcake\/","title":{"rendered":"Taste fall with this pumpkin spice mugcake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To celebrate Pumpkin Spice Day on Oct. 1, make this delicious mug cake. All you need is 5 minutes, 10 ingredients, your favorite coffee cup and a microwave. No over required! It\u2019s not only full of ooey gooey pumpkin spice goodness, but it\u2019s the perfect singular serving, easy to make vegan and not overly sweet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-75932\" src=\"http:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wordpresst\/uploads\/sites\/153\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1.jpg\" alt=\"Ingredients to make pumpkin pie spice mug cake\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/402\/2025\/09\/1-1536x863.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ingredients: <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>4tablespoons\u00a0all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>\u00bdteaspoon\u00a0baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1tablespoon\u00a0sugar of choice (<em>brown<\/em><em>, white or coconut)<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1teaspoon\u00a0pumpkin spice mix<\/li>\n<li>Pinch ofsalt<\/li>\n<li>3tablespoons\u00a0pumpkin puree<\/li>\n<li>\u00bdtablespoon\u00a0maple syrup,\u00a0<em>or <\/em><em>more<\/em><em> if you prefer it sweeter<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2teaspoons\u00a0oil,\u00a0(canola, coconut or avocado)<\/li>\n<li>2tablespoons\u00a0milk of choice<\/li>\n<li>1teaspoon\u00a0pure vanilla extract<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Optional toppings: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Whipped cream or scoop of vanilla ice cream<\/li>\n<li>Chopped walnuts or pecans<\/li>\n<li>Chocolate crips or chocolate drizzle<\/li>\n<li>Dusting of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Taste fall with this pumpkin spice mugcake\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JCiOuCvnkls?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Instructions:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Add all of your dry ingredients\u2014flour, baking soda, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and a pinch of salt\u2014to the mug.<\/li>\n<li>Stir to combine.<\/li>\n<li>Next, add all of your wet ingredients\u2014pumpkin puree, maple syrup, oil, milk of choice and vanilla\u2014to the mug.<\/li>\n<li>Stir until you\u2019ve reached a smooth consistency.<\/li>\n<li>Pop it in the microwave for 90 seconds.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool, add your favorite toppings and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/pumpkin-spice-mugcake\/\">To celebrate Pumpkin Spice Day on Oct. 1, make this delicious mug cake. All you need is 5 minutes, 10 ingredients, your favorite coffee cup and a microwave. No over required! It\u2019s not only full of ooey gooey pumpkin spice goodness, but it\u2019s the perfect singular serving, easy to make vegan and not overly sweet.&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":75937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1816],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lumberjack-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75931\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}