Gluten Free Pumpkin Oatmeal Cake

This easy recipe for gluten free pumpkin oatmeal cake makes a great dessert. It's quick to mix the ingredients together and have a moist cake that tastes like pumpkin spice! This is the best dessert for autumn gatherings.

I love this cake with a cup of coffee for breakfast or as a dessert. It's dense and not overly sweet. The vanilla glaze is perfect drizzled over top. You could also use my Gluten Free Cream Cheese Frosting.

This gluten free pumpkin oatmeal cake has been popular with both kids and adults! If you having trouble finding canned pumpkin you could use pureed sweet potato or pureed butternut squash in place of the canned pumpkin.

Is canned pumpkin puree gluten free?

The Libby's brand canned pumpkin puree is gluten free. You will want to check the label on anything you are using, but most canned pumpkin puree is gluten free.

If you aren't sure you can always make your own pumpkin puree. I like to use my instant pot for cooking the sugar pumpkin. Place the metal trivet in the pot and add one cup of water. Poke some holes in the sugar pumpkin and place in the pressure pot.

Cook on manual for 15 minutes and let the steam release naturally. Remove the lid and let the pumpkin cool. Take the pumpkin out of the pot and cut out the stem. Remove any seeds or stringy parts. Using a spoon remove the pumpkin flesh from the skin and place in a bowl. Use an immersion blender to puree the pumpkin.

How do I make a gluten free cake more moist?

My two favorite remedies for a gluten free cake that is too dry is to either add a bit more fat (butter, coconut oil, avocado oil, etc.) or to add some applesauce.

For this gluten free pumpkin oatmeal cake if you are making your own pumpkin puree it may be a bit dryer than what you would buy canned from the store. If that's the case start by adding a ¼ cup of applesauce to this recipe.

You can also add 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup of brown sugar to a recipe to make it more moist. Although this will also make the recipe sweeter than using unsweetened applesauce would.

If you like this recipe you might also enjoy:

Gluten Free Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Gluten Free Pumpkin White Chocolate Cookies
Easy Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
Gluten Free Cinnamon Sugar Baked Donuts
Gluten Free Apple Almond Cake

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