Best 3 Vanilla Cake Donuts Recipes

BAKED VANILLA CAKE DONUTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF.
• Prepare the pans by spraying each well individually with cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. Whisk until well blended.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine buttermilk, sugar, eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Beat until well mixed.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet, 1/3 at a time. Beat until just combined. Do not over beat the batter or your donuts will be dry and tough.
• Fill a piping bag with batter (see note below for a tip). Fill each donut cavity about 2/3 full so they don't overflow in the oven.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the top of the donuts bounces back when you touch it and a cake tester comes out clean or with just a few crumbs. Let the cool in the pan for 5 to 10 minutes before turning out on a wire cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
• Combine the powdered sugar and vanilla with a whisk in a medium bowl. Add food coloring (if using) and then add the milk a few drops at a time. The icing should be thick enough that it doesn't drip off the donuts but not as thick as paste. It should be a thick liquid almost like a runny pudding.
• Fill a piping bag with icing (see note below for a tip), and cut off the end of the bag. Pipe the icing onto the cooled donuts as shown in the photos above and immediately add the sprinkles of your choice before the icing sets. Once the icing sets, nothing else will stick, so it is necessary to frost and sprinkle just 2 or 3 at a time before moving on to the next batch.
• Melt the chocolate in a small bowl in 20 second bursts in the microwave. Once melted, add a few drops of gel food color and mix well.
• Once the icing has set on the cooled donuts, place them on parchment paper and drizzle melted chocolate over them in the pattern of your choice. I like to go back and forth over the top of the donuts to make fine straight lines.
• While the chocolate is still tacky, add sprinkles and/or edible glitter to your drizzled chocolate.

CLASSIC CAKE DONUT RECIPE

Steps:

• In the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle or the whisk attachment, cream the softened butter and the sugar on medium high speed until the mixture is light in color and fluffy.
• While mixing on low, add in one egg, let it mix in and then add in the second egg and mix on medium speed until everything is smooth and combined
• Add in the buttermilk and the vanilla and mix until combined
• While mixing on low, add in the flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and nutmeg and mix until the dough is combined. Do not over-mix. The dough will be sticky.
• Lightly flour your work surface and transfer the sticky dough to the floured surface.
• Press the dough down lightly until its about 1" thick.
• Fold the dough over onto itself 3-4 times until the dough is smooth.
• Flatten the dough down to about 1/2" or use a rolling pin. Let the dough rest for 5-10 minutes while your oil is heating up.
• Turn on your FryDaddy or begin heating your oil to 360ºF-375ºF (182ºC -190ºC). Set up a draining station for the donuts by placing a cooling rack over a sheet pan to catch the oil.
• Use a donut cutter or ring cutter to cut out the donuts. You can press together the scraps and roll them out again to get as many donuts as you can. Just keep in mind the more you work the dough, the tougher the donuts will get.
• Add the donut to the hot oil using your slotted spoon to lower it gently. Fry the donut for 2 minutes then flip it over and fry it for 1 more minute.
• Fry your donut holes for about 1 minute, stirring and pushing them down with your spoon until golden brown on the outsides.
• Transfer the dough to a cooling rack over a sheet pan to let the oil drain away from the donut
• Once your donuts are cooked you can roll them in powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, glaze them with donut glaze or chocolate glaze!
• Store donuts in a paper bag at room temperature for up to two days. They are best eaten fresh! Do not refrigerate.
• Sift the powdered sugar into a bowl and add the milk (or water). Whisk together to combine, add more powdered sugar to make it thicker or more milk to make it thinner.
• In a medium sized bowl, add the heavy cream, butter and corn syrup to the chocolate chips. Microwave for 30 seconds and stir together until the chocolate is melted. Microwave for another 15 seconds if needed.

GIANT VANILLA DONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF/Gas 4) and liberally grease the savarin tin (mold) with butter.
• Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk until pale and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a spoonful of flour with each egg. Gently fold in the rest of the flour, baking powder and salt, trying not to overwork it. Add the milk if it seems stiff.
• Place the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until skewer or cocktail stick inserted in the centre should comes out clean. Leave to cool before transferring to a wire rack.
• Place the icing sugar, vanilla bean paste and half the milk into a bowl and stir.
• Gradually add the rest of the milk, while mixing, until you end up with a smooth mixture. Add a drop of pink food coloring. Mix together and set aside.
• To make the giant sprinkles, divide the fondant into 4 even pieces and color each one with each of the shades of food coloring.
• Using the palms of your hands, make small sausage shapes of around 1 1/4 cm (1/2 in) width with each of the colors. With a sharp knife, cut 3 cm (1 1/4 in) lengths from each sausage shape to make giant sprinkles.
• Turn the cooled cake out onto a stand or dish. Give the icing a quick stir then pour it over the cake. Be quick and confident with it-you don't want it to begin to set before you've finished covering the cake, otherwise lumps will form. If the icing seems too thick, warm it up a little either in the microwave for a few seconds or in a pan on a low heat.
• While the icing is still damp, press the fondant sprinkles onto the cake in a random formation.
• Let the icing set before slicing up to serve!