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Pumpkin Streusel Mug Cake
Ingredients:
Cake Mix:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
4 teaspoons granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon pumpkin puree (NOT pumpkin pie filling)
2 tablespoons milk
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
Streusel Topping:
1 1/2 tablespoon of flour
1 1/2 tablespoon of brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 tablespoon cold butter
Directions
For the Cake:
In a mug add all the dry ingredients for the cake. Then add the wet ingredients. Whisk everything together until well combined and no lumps remain.
For Streusel Topping:
Mix dry ingredients together with a fork. Then smash the butter with a fork into the dry ingredients. This will help the streusel meld together in the microwave. Next add your streusel topping on top of the mug cake mix. Don’t mix it in.
Baking Directions:
Place cake in microwave for approximately 1 minute. If it is not quite done, add 5 more seconds each time until cake-y. Each microwave is different, it should not take longer than 80 seconds.
*(I used a 16 oz mug, make sure there is enough room for cake to rise.)
adapted from Table for Two
Here’s to desserts in 60 seconds,
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