Cake Mix Donuts

Name: Cake Mix Donuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 boxed cake mix – I used a Duncan Hines vanilla mix for the caramel donuts, and a red velvet mix for the Gryffindor sprinkle donuts!; 3 eggs; ¼ cup unsalted butter (or ½ stick), melted; ¾ cup room temperature (or buttermilk powder with water is an option if you can’t find liquid buttermilk at your grocery store!); 1 cup powdered sugar; 1 Tablespoon milk; 1 teaspoon vanilla; Optional – caramel sauce to drizzle or sprinkle mix of your choice (when I made red velvet donuts I used a Harry Potter Gryffindor sprinkle mix similar to this one and I loved the way they turned out!)

by Intensive Cake Unit

12 donuts

30 min

As a new mom for almost three months now - baked cake mix donuts are my newest favorite super-easy dessert!

My ‘base’ donut recipe that I’ve been playing around with was inspired by Jennifer Meyering; I played around with her recipe a bit until I found a donut consistency and some flavor combos that I loved! This recipe makes light and delicious baked donuts with waay less grease than their traditional deep-fried counterparts, and so far they’ve gotten great reviews from all of my taste-testers!

One word of heads-up; make sure the glaze dries before you try and stack them on a plate; I made a huge mess with my first batch! :/

(alternate decoration ideas)

(made with vanilla instead of red velvet mix and drizzled with caramel!)

Cake Mix Donuts

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Recipe details

Yield 12 donuts
Time spent: Prep time: 15 Minutes Cook time: 15 Minutes Total time: 30 min

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Ingredients

Donuts

1 boxed cake mix – I used a Duncan Hines vanilla mix for the caramel donuts, and a red velvet mix for the Gryffindor sprinkle donuts!
3 eggs
¼ cup unsalted butter (or ½ stick), melted
¾ cup room temperature (or buttermilk powder with water is an option if you can’t find liquid buttermilk at your grocery store!)

Glaze & decorations

1 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Optional – caramel sauce to drizzle or sprinkle mix of your choice (when I made red velvet donuts I used a Harry Potter Gryffindor sprinkle mix similar to this one and I loved the way they turned out!)

Instructions

Donuts

Preheat oven to 350°F.
Grease a donut pan (I love these Wilton pans) with butter and flour or with baker’s floured cooking spray. Mix together all wet ingredients (eggs, butter, and buttermilk) with a whisk or in a stand mixer with a paddle until fully combined. Add in cake mix, and mix on low speed until incorporated, and then increase speed to medium and beat for 3 minutes.
I’ve found a piping bag the easiest way to transfer the batter to the pans – this set of reusable silicone piping bags are my favorites, and have lasted for years! Fill each donut ring just over half full – they won’t have empty centers if the rings are over-filled.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 12-16 minutes, until each donut is no longer sticky in the center.

Glaze / decorations

Combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl, and whisk until well blended. Glaze donuts either by dipping upside down in the bowl, or by transferring glaze to a piping bag and drizzling over your donuts.
(This glaze can dry fairly quickly in warm/dry weather, so cover it if you’re not going to glaze your donuts right away!) Decorate to your liking – and enjoy!

Comments

Awi4543677 on Sep 28, 2021

Can you make these with blueberries?

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- Intensive Cake Unit on Sep 28, 2021
  
  I'm not 100% sure as I've never tried, but having made blueberry muffins before it seems like they should bake okay! If you try it let me know how it goes!
  
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- Valerie Fanning on Oct 29, 2021
  
  If you bake with the blueberries make sure they are completely dry before you add them to the batter. My method is to open the can and drain as well as possible then pour them out on to some paper towels. Try to get them in a single layer and let sit for about 1/2 hr or so. Also only add the BB after everything else is combined completely, then just stir enough to incorporate into the mixture.
  If the BBs aren't dry they will make the batter soggy AND will turn all of the batter blue. Lol maybe how you like it so that's up to you 😉
  
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Tina Miller on Oct 28, 2021

Wonder how a chocolate with a vanilla sour cream glaze would be?? Not a baker here but love seeing everyone’s goodies. Of course I like to eat them too!

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- Valerie Fanning on Oct 29, 2021
  
  That sounds really yummy!
  
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