King Cake Donuts

Get ready for Mardi Gras celebrations with these delicious King Cake Donuts Baked cinnamon donuts that are topped with a powdered sugar icing and iconic purple, gold and green sugar sprinkles. Whether it’s for a special occasion or just a fun treat, these king cake doughnuts bring a taste of New Orleans right to your own kitchen.

Course Dessert, Snack, snacks

Cuisine Cajun, Creole

Keyword Baked Cinnamon Doughnuts, King Cake Donuts, king cake doughnuts

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 23

Total Time 33

Servings

Calories 227kcal

Author Evelyn Osborn

Equipment

2 Doughnut Pans
Mixing Bowls
Whisk
Small Bowl
piping bag
Cooling Rack

Ingredients

For the Donut Batter

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ cup white sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
⅔ cup vegetable oil
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the cinnamon swirl:

¼ cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

For the topping:

1 cup powdered sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 or 3 tablespoons milk
Purple green, and gold sugar sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350° F. Grease 2 donut pans with a nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, the sugars, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
With a spoon, (a wooden spoon works best) push the dry ingredients against the sides of the bowl to make a well. Add the eggs, oil, milk, and vanilla extract in the well and whisk to combine all.
In a small bowl, stir together the brown sugar and cinnamon to make the cinnamon swirl.
Spoon the doughtnut batter into a piping bag and pipe a small amount of batter into each donut cup.
Sprinkle the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture over the top of the each batter doughnuts.
Then top each donut off with the remaining batter to fill the cup. Place the doughnut filled pans in your preheated oven. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until the donuts bounce back when pressed lightly with your finger.
Remove from oven and allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
As the donuts are cooling, whisk together the powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and milk until smooth to make the king cake doughnut glaze.
After they are cool dip the top of each donut into the glaze and place it back on the wire rack.
Before the icing hardens decorate each king cake donut with the iconic purple, green, and gold sprinkles. Allow the glaze to harden before serving.

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