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Cake Mix Donuts
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Intensive Cake Unit
(IC: instagram)
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! :/
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(alternate decoration ideas)
(made with vanilla instead of red velvet mix and drizzled with caramel!)
Cake Mix Donuts
Recipe details
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!
Tips
- Make this recipe? Let me know how it went – or make my day and find me on Pinterest or on Instagram and tag @IntensiveCakeUnit in your photo!
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Published September 19th, 2021 8:53 PM
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Can you make these with blueberries?
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!