Cake Doughnuts - Donuts
These delicious cake doughnuts are so simple to make. They're soft, tender and you can whip them up in 15 minutes or less.
- Reading time
- 1 MIN READ
- Ingredients
- 10 INGREDIENTS
- Step photos
- 16 PHOTOS
- Video
- VIDEO
These delicious cake doughnuts are so simple to make. They're soft, tender and you can whip them up in 15 minutes or less.
INGREDIENTS / 10
- All-purpose flour - 3 cups
- Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
- Baking powder - 3 teaspoons
- Nutmeg - 1 teaspoon
- Egg - 1
- Sugar - 1/3 cup
- Oil or melted butter - 3 tablespoons
- Milk - 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons
TOPPING
- Sugar - 3 - 4 tablespoons
- Cinnamon - 1 to 2 teaspoons
METHOD / 16
1 MIN READ
- 01
Measure out the flour into a bowl.
- 02
Add the salt and baking powder.
- 03
Grate in the nutmeg and mix to combine. If you don't have access to nutmeg, you could use 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence.
- 04
Add one large egg.
- 05
Add the oil or melted butter and sugar. You could use half oil and half butter. Melted and cooled.
- 06
Add the milk and mix to combine.
- 07
Form into a ball.
- 08
Meanwhile, heat up some vegetable or canola oil for deep frying.
- 09
Gently knead the dough for a few seconds until it comes together. You don't want to over-knead.
- 10
Roll it out to about 1/4 inch thickness.
- 11
Cut the dough with a doughnut cutter or a circular object and a bottle cap.
- 12
Gently drop doughnuts into the hot oil.
- 13
Fry for 2 to 3 minutes per side.
- 14
Remove from oil and transfer to a kitchen paper-lined tray to soak up excess oil.
- 15
Fry the doughnut holes too.
- 16
Mix together 3 to 4 tablespoons of sugar and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon. Roll the doughnuts in the sugar mixture and serve. This part is totally optional.
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Enjoy!
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RECIPE BY
Dolapo Grey
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 10, 2020
