Pumpkin Pancake Bake

Easy Recipes · Dessert · Microwave

High-Protein Pumpkin Mug Cake

A warm, cinnamon-y pumpkin cake with 27 grams of protein, ready in under 5 minutes. No oven, just the microwave.

Pumpkin protein mug cake in a glass container topped with white chips and maple syrup
Macros
Per cakeMakes 1 serving
27gProtein
380Calories
58gCarbs
6gFat

Why you'll love it

Kodiak Cinnamon Oat mix and egg whites give this cake 27 grams of protein, and the pumpkin keeps it soft and moist.

It mixes and cooks in one glass container in 2½ minutes, so you get a cozy fall dessert with almost no cleanup.

Ingredients

  • 63 gKodiak Power Cakes Cinnamon Oat Flapjack & Waffle Mix
  • ⅓ cupliquid egg whites
  • 3 tbsp100% pure pumpkin
  • 1 tspbaking powder
  • ½ tspground cinnamon
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 2 tbspsugar-free maple syrup (I use Cary's), plus a drizzle for topping
  • 1 tbspHershey's cream cheese flavored chips
Bag of Hershey's Cream Cheese Flavored Chips
The cream cheese chips I use. They're Hershey's newer flavor.
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Instructions

  1. Mix.Stir together everything except the chips until smooth.
  2. Prep the container.Spray a glass container with nonstick spray. These are the ones I use.
  3. Pour and top.Pour in the batter, then sprinkle the chips on top.
  4. Microwave.Microwave for 2 minutes 30 seconds.
  5. Drizzle.Finish with a drizzle of sugar-free syrup and dig in.
Heads up: Microwaves vary, so check at 2 minutes. The cake is done when the center springs back.

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