Wholesome Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting (gluten-free!)

I shared this epic just a few years in the past, and I nonetheless assume it is perhaps the BEST fall dessert you may ever make. With the entire epic cake recipes I’ve on the location (hiii peanut butter banana cake), you understand ya woman needed to throw down.

This unbelievable wholesome pumpkin cake is completely moist because of yogurt, full of cozy pumpkin pie spices, and simply so occurs to be gluten-free and naturally sweetened.

Thoughts-blowing? I imply, simply LOOK AT IT. Fluffy and scrumptious with a thick cinnamon cream cheese frosting. I examined this one for you fairly just a few instances, so belief me after I say this one is pumpkin perfection.

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What makes this pumpkin cake “more healthy?”

I lightened up this pumpkin cake with just a few components you’ll be able to be ok with. Don’t fear, it tastes simply as indulgent because it appears!

• Gluten free. We’re utilizing a mixture of almond flour and oat flour to maintain the pumpkin cake extra nutritious and likewise gluten free (GF buddies rejoice!). Please know I haven’t examined it with different flours.
• Naturally sweetened. This cake is of course sweetened with unrefined sweeteners like coconut sugar and pure maple syrup to offer it an exquisite taste.
• Crammed with nutritional vitamins. We’re utilizing pure pumpkin proper within the batter of this cake, which supplies it a lift of vitamin A and C, fiber plus antioxidants.

Every thing you’ll have to make this wholesome pumpkin cake

At any time when I say “the most effective” I actually imply it! Not solely is that this gluten free pumpkin cake loaded with pumpkin pie spices and taste, nevertheless it’s additionally made with components you’ll be able to be ok with. Win-win-win. Right here’s what you’ll have to make it:

• Pumpkin puree: make sure you use 100% pumpkin puree and never pumpkin pie filling. It provides the cake loads of moisture and fantastic pumpkin taste, plus it’s straightforward to make your self with our useful tutorial right here!
• Eggs: you’ll want 2 eggs on this cake recipe.
• Sweetener: as I discussed, we’re naturally sweetening the pumpkin cake with coconut sugar and a few pure maple syrup. Don’t neglect the vanilla extract, too.
• Yogurt: the important thing ingredient to tremendous moist pumpkin cake is yogurt! I adore it with siggi’s Pumpkin & Spice taste. It’s SO scrumptious and provides an exquisite increase of protein. Their vanilla taste would even be good!
• Coconut oil: for just a little further moisture you’ll additionally want some melted coconut oil.
• Flour: we’re holding this wholesome pumpkin cake gluten free with almond flour and oat flour. Finest combo.
• Spices: get that true, cozy fall taste with pumpkin pie spice! See under for tips about making your individual.
• Baking staples: you’ll additionally want baking soda & salt.
• For the frosting: fall in love with this luscious cinnamon cream cheese frosting made with cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, cinnamon and just a little milk to skinny it out.

Make your individual pumpkin pie spice

Don’t have any store-bought pumpkin pie spice? It’s really easy and enjoyable to make by yourself! Merely add the next to the dry components:

• 1 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon floor ginger
• ½ teaspoon allspice or floor cloves

Customise your pumpkin cake

As all the time, I like to recommend baking up the recipe as-written, however listed below are just a few easy ingredient swaps that can nonetheless make this wholesome pumpkin cake scrumptious:

• Swap your sweetener. Be at liberty to make use of brown sugar for the coconut sugar and honey for the maple syrup.
• Skip the coconut oil. You may as well use melted butter or vegan butter as a substitute of coconut oil within the cake.
• Maintain it dairy free. I’ve really examined this pumpkin cake utilizing the siggi’s plant based mostly cups and it labored amazingly properly (vanilla and cinnamon was good). Then make sure you use dairy free cream cheese and vegan butter within the recipe.
• Attempt it vegan. I feel that 2 flax eggs ought to work properly on this cake however please notice that I haven’t examined it. Let me know within the feedback when you do, after which comply with the directions for holding it dairy free, too!

A notice on flours

I might not advocate substituting the almond flour or oat flour on this gluten free pumpkin cake as the feel will change. Excellent news: you may make your individual oat flour proper at residence! Take a look at our full tutorial and measure out 1 cup.

The very best wholesome pumpkin cake made in a single bowl

1. Prep your pan. Line an 8×8 inch pan with parchment paper and spray it with nonstick cooking spray.
2. Combine the moist components. In a big bowl combine the entire moist components collectively (besides the melted coconut oil) till clean. Combine within the melted and cooled coconut oil final.
3. Add the dry. Combine in the entire dry components with a picket spoon till the batter is clean and mixed.
4. Bake it up. Pour the pumpkin cake batter into your ready pan and bake it up!
5. Cool, frost & devour. After the cake has cooled, beat collectively the entire components for the cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Frost the cooled cake, sprinkle just a little cinnamon on prime, slice and revel in!

Important cake-baking suggestions

This gluten free pumpkin cake is simple to make proper in a single bowl, however I even have just a few important suggestions & tips to make sure that it comes out completely each time:

• Use room temp components. Make certain that your eggs are room temperature and your coconut oil is cooled earlier than you combine the moist components collectively in any other case the chilly eggs will coagulate with the recent coconut oil. Merely run your eggs beneath heat water for a couple of minutes to deliver them to room temp. This goes for the cream cheese and butter within the frosting, too, in an effort to simply beat it collectively! Don’t microwave the butter or cream cheese or it should break the frosting. Merely set out the components earlier than you start baking your cake and by the point it’s performed baking and cooling they’ll be able to go!
• Pack your almond flour. That’s proper, you’ll wish to pack the almond flour similar to you’d with brown sugar, No have to pack the oat flour.
• Cool the cake. Earlier than including that fluffy cream cheese frosting, make sure that your cake is totally cooled in any other case the frosting will soften on prime.

How you can retailer & freeze this pumpkin cake

• To retailer: be at liberty to maintain the wholesome pumpkin cake at room temp for in the future. After that, I like to recommend storing the cake coated within the fridge for as much as 5 days.
• To freeze: be at liberty to freeze this cake both frosted or unfrosted for as much as 2 months. I like to recommend freezing it unfrosted for greatest outcomes. Wrap the cake in plastic wrap, then aluminum foil after which place the pumpkin cake in a zip-top freezer bag. Whenever you’re able to serve it, merely thaw it within the fridge in a single day, let the cake come to room temperature, frost it and serve it.

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I hope you like this wholesome pumpkin cake! In the event you make it make sure you depart a remark and a ranking so I understand how you preferred it. Take pleasure in, xo!

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Bold Kitchen | Pictures by The Conscious Hapa

This publish was initially revealed on November sixth, 2022, and republished on September twenty first, 2026.