Description
Bake up soft cakey powdered sugar donuts with this easy buttermilk donut batter. You can make them in regular or mini sizes.
Ingredients
Scale
Buttermilk donut batter for cake donuts
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (260 g)
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (50 g)
- 2 and 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons avocado oil (57 g)
- 1 large egg
- 2/3 cup buttermilk (preferably homemade), (155 mL)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or vanilla extract
For finishing the donuts
- 2 cups powdered sugar (240 g)
- 1 stick butter (optional for richer flavor), melted, 113 g
- Color Kitchen Natural Food colors (optional, for colored donuts)
Instructions
- Prep the pans: Brush three 12-cavity mini donut pans or two 6-cavity standard donut pans with melted butter or cooking spray.
- Mix the dry ingredients: Mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt in a bowl. Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients.
- Add the wet ingredients: Pour the buttermilk, butter, and vanilla into the well. Crack in the egg and whisk it lightly to break up the egg. Gradually, stir the flour into the wet ingredients to create a batter.
- Scoop the donuts: Use a small cookie scoop to scoop a little less than 1 scoop of batter into each well of your pans. Drop the batter into the edges of each well, and then use lightly damp hands to press the dough into the pan. Do your best to leave the hole in the middle of each well visible.
- Bake the donuts in a 350 F oven for 12-13 minutes for mini donuts and 15-16 minutes for regular sized donuts until the tops spring back when you touch them. Turn out the donuts onto a wire rack. If you made mini donuts, punch out the centers of each donut with a small apple corer for the cleanest look.
- Coat: Pour powdered sugar into a bowl. Roll the donuts in the powdered sugar. For a richer flavor, dip the donuts first in melted butter and then in powdered sugar.
Bake the donuts in a 350 F oven for 12-13 minutes for mini donuts and 15-16 minutes for regular sized donuts until the tops spring back when you touch them. Turn out the donuts onto a wire rack. If you made mini donuts, punch out the centers of each donut with a small apple corer for the cleanest look. 
Notes
Colored powdered sugar donuts: Mix a small amount of powdered food color (see note below) into powdered sugar. Roll the donuts in butter then powdered sugar, or just the powdered sugar alone. 
For colors: Use Color Kitchen Natural Food Colors or other powdered fruit and vegetables. Here are some ideas: Red: freeze dried strawberry powder , raspberry powder, beet powder . Orange: turmeric + beet powder . Yellow: Turmeric. Green: Matcha!! Blue: Spirulina powder or butterfly pea flower. Purple: Spirulina + beet powder .
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 16 minutes
- Category: Pastry
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American