Baked Cake Donuts
Fluffy baked donuts with a tender crumb, ready in under 30 minutes. Dip in glaze while warm for a bakery-style finish.
- Total time
- 25 min
- Servings
- 12
- Calories
- 175
- Protein
- 2g

Ingredients
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 whole egg
- ½ cup milk
- 1.5 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp milk
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a standard 12-cavity donut pan.
- 2
Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- 3
Add egg and milk to flour mixture. Stir just until combined; batter should be thick.
- 4
Transfer batter to a piping bag. Pipe into donut cavities, filling each about two-thirds full.
- 5
Bake 10–12 minutes until a toothpick inserted comes out clean and donuts are golden.
- 6
Cool in pan 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.
- 7
Whisk powdered sugar and milk until smooth and pourable. Dip warm donuts.
- 8
Return to rack, glaze-side up. Let set 10 minutes before serving.
Tools you’ll need
- 12-cavity donut pan
- piping bag
- wire rack
- mixing bowl
- whisk
- toothpick
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