Baked Vanilla Cake Donuts
These donuts are delicious and super easy! If you're looking for a simple, soft, baked donut with no frying required - look no further. The ingredients are simple and likely already in your kitchen cabinet, and you can be creative with your toppings!
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted or spooned and leveled
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup buttermilk substitution: add 2 teaspoons vinegar to a ¾ measuring cup, fill the remainder with milk
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons oil vegetable or canola oil recommended
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Cinnamon Sugar Coating
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chocolate Icing
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup water add additional teaspoons of water until you reach desired consistency
Vanilla Icing
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup milk add additional teaspoons of milk until you reach desired consistency
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Thoroughly grease donut pan.
- Stir flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt together, then sift. Or measure flour by spooning and leveling in measuring cup, then whisk together dry ingredients.
- Stir in buttermilk, eggs, oil and vanilla. Beat until combined.
- Fill each donut well ¾ full.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, or until the donut begins to brown on the edges.
- Immediately invert on to cooling rack and let cool for 5-10 minutes.
- Create desired donut topping.
- If coating in cinnamon and sugar, immediately toss them in the mixture upon taking them out of the oven.
- If adding icing, allow the donuts to cool then dip the top of the donut in the icing and top with sprinkles or other candies.