Best Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipes

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Combine the milk, pumpkin puree, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and vanilla in a medium microwave safe bowl, cover the bowl with plastic wrap and vent with a small hole. Microwave until the milk is hot, 1 to 2 minutes. Whisk vigorously until the milk mixture is foamy, about 30 seconds.
• Pour the espresso or coffee into a large mug and add the foamed milk. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice.

QUICK PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Whisk 1/2 cup milk, sugar, pumpkin puree, pumpkin pie spice, and vanilla extract in a small saucepan over low heat. Simmer for 5 minutes. Whisk in remaining 1/2 cup milk.
• Pour milk mixture through a fine-mesh sieve to remove pulp. Return milk mixture to saucepan and simmer, whisking, 2 minutes. Add espresso and whisk until foamy, 1 minute.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Brew your espresso. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, whisk together the pumpkin, vanilla, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and milk. Warm over medium heat, whisking constantly, until hot and frothy. Do not bring to a boil. Pour the espresso into a mug and pour the pumpkin spiced milk over it.

EASY PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Mix half-and-half, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice together in a coffee mug. Pour coffee into mug; stir to blend.
• Heat in microwave until hot, about 15 seconds. Top with whipped cream.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch pan.
• Prepare streusel topping by combining flour, dark brown sugar, espresso powder, cocoa powder, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.
• Prepare the cake batter by whisking flour, espresso powder, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together until thoroughly combined. Set aside.
• Cream butter and white sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Mix in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in pumpkin puree and vanilla. Stir in 1/3 of the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Mix in 1/2 of the cooled coffee and 1/2 of the heavy cream, stirring until just combined. Continue alternating dry ingredients with the coffee and heavy cream, beginning and ending with dry ingredients, mixing until just combined.
• Pour 1/2 of the cake batter into the prepared pan and spread into an even layer. Measure out 1 cup of the streusel mixture and sprinkle evenly over the batter. Carefully pour the remaining batter over the filling, and gently spread to completely cover. Sprinkle the remaining streusel mixture evenly over the top of the cake.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with just a few moist crumbs, 55 to 60 minutes. Allow cake to cool completely before serving.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Put the pumpkin purée in a large heatproof glass or mug. Stir in the spices and espresso or strong coffee.
• Heat the milk in a saucepan over a low heat until steaming and frothy. Pour into the glass or mug, and spoon over any froth. Stir to combine, then dust with more cinnamon or some pumpkin spice before serving.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line an 8-inch baking pan with parchment paper, ensuring there is an overhang on both sides.
• Mix graham crackers and butter together in a bowl. Press over the bottom of the lined baking pan to make a crust.
• Beat 8 ounces cream cheese in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add 1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, espresso powder, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until blended and smooth. Pour latte layer over the graham cracker crust and smooth with a spatula. Clean beaters.
• Beat 8 ounces cream cheese in another bowl until smooth and creamy. Add pumpkin, 1 egg, 1/4 cup sugar, pumpkin pie spice, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract, and cinnamon; beat until blended and smooth. Pour over the graham cracker crust and level with a spatula. Pour pumpkin layer over the latte layer and smooth with a spatula.
• Bake in the preheated oven until center is just set, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool for about 30 minutes. Cover loosely with aluminum foil. Refrigerate until firm, 3 to 4 hours.
• Lift bars out of the pan using the parchment paper overhang. Cut into bars using a hot, wet knife.

PUMPKIN-SPICE-LATTE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-by-2-inch round cake pan. Line bottom with parchment; butter parchment. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, instant espresso powder, pumpkin-pie spice, and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs into pumpkin puree, then whisk in butter, sugars, and milk. Whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients.
• Scrape batter into prepared pan. Bake until top springs back when lightly touched, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes. Turn out onto rack and let cool completely, about 2 hours.
• Whisk cream with confectioners' sugar until soft peaks form; dollop on top of cake and dust with espresso powder. Serve immediately.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE COFFEE SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring water, pumpkin puree, brown sugar, white sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and allspice to a simmer in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir until thickened to syrup consistency, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool syrup, about 5 minutes. Stir in vanilla extract; cool to room temperature.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Place first 6 ingredients in a large saucepan. Cook and stir over medium heat until heated through. Stir in hot espresso. Pour into warm mugs. If desired, top with whipped cream and additional nutmeg.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, bring the milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to a boil. Turn off heat and cover. Let mixture steep for 30 minutes.
• Divide espresso between 4 cups. Strain milk and divide between the 4 cups. Top each with dollop of whipped cream and dusting of cinnamon.

STARBUCKS PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, stir pumpkin puree into milk.
• Add vanilla syrup and pumpkin pie spice.
• Heat gently, continuing to stirring occasionally just until steaming and foam begins to appear.
• Pour pumpkin flavored milk into a tall mug and pour espresso over.
• Top with whip cream and a dash of pumpkin pie spice.
• Note: If you like it slightly sweeter; add a bit of vanilla flavored coffee cream.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE CAKE

Steps:

• -Bake Your Cakes-.
• Preheat your oven to 350. Prep two 5" round 3" deep, two 6" round 3" deep, and two 7" round 3" deep pans by greasing the bottoms and laying down a baking paper circle at the bottom of each.
• Combine your dry ingredients (excluding the cocoa powder) in a medium mixing bowl and set aside. You can replace the spices listed with an equal amount of commercial pumpkin spice, or your own signature mix if you're fancy like that.
• In a small bowl, combine the pumpkin, vanilla, and cold brew, whisking to combine. Set aside.
• Place your room temp butter, eggs, and both kinds of sugar in the bowl of your stand mixer. Using the paddle attachment, cream on medium until lightened in color, fluffy, and totally smooth, about 3-5 minutes. If it looks like the mixture has broken (the fat and liquid ingredients are separated), keep creaming until it all comes together. Scrape your bowl with a spatula to make sure nothing's sticking to the sides.
• Add your pumpkin mixture and continue to beat until combined.
• Shifting the mixer to low speed, incorporate your dry mixture in two additions making sure to beat just until combined after each. Scrape your bowl and mix for just another few seconds to make sure the batter is homogeneous.
• -Create Your Marble Batter-.
• Take 4 cups of batter and set in a medium bowl. Mix in the 3 teaspoons orange gel coloring (I used CK Orange) until the batter is a solid color. Pour enough of this batter into each of your two 3" deep, 5" round pans that it reaches halfway up the side.
• Next take 3 more cups of batter and combine with the 1/4 cup cocoa powder, mixing until totally incorporated.
• Place alternating scoops of brown, tan, and remaining orange batter into your remaining four larger cake pans, doing your best to make sure the batter comes up to about halfway up the side of the pan in all four. It's okay if they aren't all exactly even.
• Bake your cakes for 35-45 minutes, and remove from the oven when a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to come to room temperature on a cooling rack, then cover with foil and put the cakes in the fridge for about an hour, until cold. To de-pan, remove from the fridge and slide a paring or butter knife around the outside to free the cake. Invert and gently shake out your cake.
• -Make Your Buttercream-.
• Follow the recipes for two batches of Cold Brew Coffee Buttercream and one batch of Milkmoon Meringue Buttercream.
• -Prep Your Base-.
• Level the tops of your 6" and 7" cakes, and torte (split) each cake into two for a total of eight layers. Keep the smaller 5" cakes aside.
• Stack your cake layers on an 8" or 9" round cardboard cake circle or board (it's best if the board or circle is completely flat, so a plate may not work great) starting with the 7"s then adding the 6"s, filling the layers with Cold Brew Coffee Buttercream. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or until the cake firms up completely.
• Trim the caramelization from the sides of your cake, doing your best to emphasize the slight angle from the 6" round top to the 7" round base. You're basically making an upside down cup shape.
• -Frost the Cake-.
• Add a very thin crumb coat of coffee buttercream to the top of the cake, then press a 6" round acrylic circle or waxed cardboard round onto the top. Cutting the tip off of a disposable piping bag to leave a 1/2 inch circle at the end, pipe your remaining coffee buttercream onto the sides of the cake, leaving space at the top and the bottom for the "whipped cream" you'll be adding shortly. Keep the edges of your coffee buttercream wavy and organic, which will look more realistic!
• Use a straight edge to smooth the coffee buttercream-I use a tall plastic quilting ruler! Use that acrylic or cardboard round at the top to guide your straight edge, creating a perfectly smooth finish. Refrigerate until firm.
• Pipe plain white buttercream at the top and bottom of the cake's sides, leaving little gaps here and there between the white buttercream and coffee buttercream in the top area of the cake. Make another pass with your straight edge, getting your "whip" nice and smooth, and flush with the coffee buttercream. Refrigerate until firm.
• Mix a few squirts or orange gel into about 1/2 cup white buttercream to create a bright pumpkin-y color. Remove your firmed cake from the fridge and push this orange buttercream into the spaces you left up at the top between the white and the coffee buttercream using a small icing spatula. Refrigerate until firm, then use the icing spatula to scrape down any messy buttercream to reveal clean lines underneath.
• -Flip the Cake-.
• You heard me. You're going to place your nice cake board or cake plate so it's ready on the counter, pick up your cake, place a hand on either side, and flip it so that the 7" end is at the top and the 6" end is at the bottom. Your cake needs to be super thoroughly chilled before you do this step, so definitely make sure it has spent a cumulative 2-3 hours in the fridge! Center the cup-shaped cake on your board (When you're cutting the cake just remember that you have a second board at the very bottom of the cake. You can also remove that board on the 6" side if you want the cake to go straight onto the final fancy board, but it's a somewhat riskier move when you're flipping the cake).
• Carefully pinch the 8 or 9" round you were using as the base of the cake before you flipped it and gently pull it up, moving around the cake as you pop it up off of the buttercream on the sides. Remove it entirely to reveal your bare cake top.
• -Create the Pumpkin Surprise Topping-.
• Using a sharp paring knife, carve down the two 5" orange cakes into domes, one with a knob on the top for the pumpkin's "stem." Using a dab or two of the orange buttercream from earlier, join your cake domes on the flat sides to create a delicious mini-pumpkin!
• Smooth a small amount of white buttercream to the top of the flipped cake, and center your mini-pumpkin on the top. Using another disposable piping bag with a 1/2" hole at the tip, pipe white buttercream over the pumpkin and then smooth with a small icing spatula to create a nice mound that entirely obscures the pumpkin within.
• Use the largest closed-star or regular star piping tip you can find to pipe a swirl of white buttercream over the pumpkin surprise to create the "whipped cream" topping. You can use a Wilton 2D, although I found a set of even bigger jumbo piping tips online (Jusbe brand) and used their closed star tip to create my cake. Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes to firm up the outside of the buttercream.
• In the meantime make a small amount of drizzle by placing your white chocolate or candy wafers and heavy cream in a microwaveable bowl and microwave for 15 seconds at a time, stirring frequently, until the chocolate has dissolved. Mix in a squirt of orange gel coloring to achieve a bright pumpkin color, or you can stir in a little leftover orange buttercream if you have any.
• Place the ganache in a squeeze bottle if you have one, or just use a spoon to drizzle it all over the "whipped cream" buttercream swirl.
• -Finishing Touches-.
• This is a bonus step that is optional, but really does tie everything together! Cut out a three-inch circle of green fondant and apply it to the side of the cake. Using a paintbrush dipped in white edible paint (I use Edible Art paint by Sweet Sticks), you can either freehand a pumpkin shape (or your initials, or anything else you want to add!) or you can create a stencil like I did. I used an x-acto knife to cut out my pumpkin design from plain paper, and then stuck it onto the fondant round, painted over it, and peeled it away to leave a fun pumpkin design.
• I finished my latte look by cutting a super cute paper straw in half and inserting both pieces into the swirl.
• -Cutting the Cake-.
• While the outside of this cake is awesome, the best part is what's going on inside! When you cut your slices of cake, you will slowly reveal the pumpkin shape hidden under the swirl on top! Make sure you take a pause once you're halfway through cutting up the cake so everyone can admire the detail you put into the super fun design!
• Enjoy!

SPICY PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

Steps:

• Whisk almond milk, pumpkin puree, vanilla extract, sugar, 1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, and pepper together in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture is almost boiling; remove from heat and whisk until frothy, about 1 minute. Divide mixture between 2 mugs.
• Slowly pour coffee into each mug. Top with whipped cream and pinch pumpkin pie spice.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. Unroll crescent dough into one long rectangle; press perforations to seal. Combine pumpkin, brown sugar, instant coffee and pie spice. Spread over dough to within 1/2-in. of edges. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side; pinch seam to seal. Cut into 12 slices., Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet, cut side down. Bake until lightly browned, 14-16 minutes., Meanwhile, combine icing ingredients. Drizzle over warm rolls. Sprinkle with additional pie spice, if desired.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line an 8-inch square cake pan with parchment paper.
• For the espresso streusel: In a medium bowl, pinch together the brown sugar, flour, butter, espresso and salt with your fingers until it resembles coarse crumbs.
• Make the cake batter: In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, brown sugar, granulated sugar, olive oil, sour cream and eggs until smooth. Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger and salt and fold to combine.
• Pour half of the cake batter into the prepared pan and spread in an even layer, then top with half of the streusel crumbs. Repeat with remaining batter and streusel. Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan.
• Meanwhile, make the glaze: In a medium bowl, whisk together the confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons of the heavy cream, vanilla paste and salt until smooth, adding more heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, as needed.
• Drizzle the glaze over the cooled cake, then slice and serve.

HEALTHIER HOMEMADE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE & COFFEE SYRUP

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture begins to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for another 10 minutes.
• Place a fine-mesh sieve over a bowl or large jar and strain syrup. Discard solids. Pour into an airtight storage container and transfer to refrigerator. Contents may settle, so just give it a quick shake before enjoying pumpkin spice deliciousness in your morning coffee or latte. I like 2-3 tablespoons of syrup stirred in to each cup, but you may prefer more or less. Make it your own!

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE MILKSHAKE

Steps:

• Blend the ice cream, milk and 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice in a blender until well combined. Divide among 4 glasses and top with a swirl of whipped cream. Garnish each shake with a coffee bean and a pinch of pumpkin spice and serve immediately.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE MUG CAKES

Steps:

• In small bowl, beat melted butter, egg, espresso and pumpkin with whisk. Add the sugar, Bisquick mix, pumpkin pie spice and salt. Mix until incorporated; batter may be lumpy.
• Divide batter between 2 microwavable mugs. Microwave uncovered on High 2 minutes. Cool a few minutes before serving.
• Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon.

PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE SMOOTHIE

Steps:

• Freeze the coffee in an ice cube tray. Blend the frozen cold brew cubes and ½ cup regular ice with the pumpkin, banana, milk, brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice in a blender until smooth. Pour into a glass and swirl in the yogurt with a spoon.