a cake doughnut recipe that is straightforward to prepare and has a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg. Coat with confectioners’ sugar glaze or cinnamon sugar.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 12 doughnuts |
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 dash ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 quart oil for frying
Instructions
- Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Sift together flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Mix in butter until crumbly. Stir in milk and egg until smooth.
- Knead lightly, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut with a doughnut cutter, or use two round biscuit cutters of different sizes.
- Lay doughnuts in hot oil, a few at a time. Do not overcrowd the pan, or oil may overflow. Fry, turning once, until golden, about 3 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount may vary depending on cook time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 202 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 25 g |
| Cholesterol | 21 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 302 mg |
| Sugars | 9 g |
| Fat | 10 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
As written giving these 3 stars. Bland, and the consistency was that of a very thick muffin batter. I came back to look at reviews and many mentioned they had to add more flour. I knew I would need to add more cinnamon and nutmeg to the batter but still felt like something was missing. Vanilla. I wish I had added vanilla. With adding more flour, the co district was great and they produced a very nice fluffy donut but even rolled in cinnamon sugar there was a blandness. I think vanilla would have helped. I will use this recipe again because they made a nice donut but definitely lack in flavor.
Thought I’d find a different donut recipe to try. Sorry I’ll stick to plain flour, baking soda and Greek yoghurt. Chucked these out, bit disgusting. Crumbled and sucked up the oil.
I followed this recipe just as written and the donuts turned out perfect!
So – this didn’t go as suggested in the directions! Step three suggests that the dough should be cohesive enough to be cuttable with a biscuit cutter… This is very misleading as it suggests that the dough should be fairly firm! We made the recipe as suggested (all ingredients): Flour 120g Sugar 100g Baking Powder 1 Tablespoon Salt 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon 1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg – Dash Melted butter 28.4g Milk 118mL 1 (medium sized) Egg, beaten. This came out very ‘runny’ – far too runny to consider putting anywhere near a biscuit cutter! It might be suitable for a piping bag though. We then added a further 160g of flour (in 30g aliquots) to get the mixture to something that was cohesive enough to cut with a biscuit cutter. Because we had added so much more flour, we added another teaspoon each of Nutmeg and Cinnamon to the recipe to ensure it had enough flavour. This way we were able to make ‘floppy’ doughnut shapes (with a hole in the middle) that we could cook in the deep fat fryer. The results were pleasant to eat but were much more like a ‘cake’ texture than doughnut! Next time we will make the recipe as suggested but then just form loose ‘balls’ of dough and drop them into the oil with no attempt to make anything like a ring doughnut from the dough first. This might make a much more authentic doughnut than what we ended up with this time. so the 2* rating reflects that the recipe is very misleading in its directions – at least for us!
Way too sticky. Following recipe exactly . Didn’t omit anything, but why would you omit cinnamon and nutmeg and reduce servings and split an egg in 3? The recipe calls for 2. Won’t try these again .
First doughnuts I have made. simple ingredients, simple cooking. I used a deep fat fryer but less cooking time. Will definitely make the again.
So easy to make and to let the kids help. Taste great
Easy and delicious! A big hit with my family!
Made as described, very straight forward. The only problem I had was not having a thermometer to control the oil temperature. Other than that, awesome!
Deep fried them in tallow for Chanukah, they were delicious. Threw them in some powdered sugar for topping. They were very easy to make and took no time at all. This is a keeper!!
I love it so much so tasty it’s true it is the best doughnut ever that came out so perfect I love it so, of course, I got to add my touch to it so I drizzle a little maple syrup, and boy it was the best for sure doing this again I will make this for my kids every Friday and they can’t wait to Friday comes there teens so you already know they stay in ben late but when Friday comes they will be up before I am
i LOVED this, and im not a dessert guy!
Easy, tasty. I put sliced apples in the middle of two thin sheets and it turned out great. this needs very little mixing. I used a plug in fryer and checked the oil temp. 3 min for a 1/4 inch piece of dough was plenty. Not sure what the people who had problems did, but my guess is they had old oil, old baking powder, gluten free flour, and no thermometer. Maybe they are just the kind of people who claim ” I did exactly what the directions said” when in fact they have no idea how to follow directions beyond ” click here” Oh, I used more nutmeg because I like nutmeg.
Decreased fry time from 3 minutes to 1:15. Perfect quick donut recipe!!
Easy and tasty
Excellent texture! My only suggestion is to use a deep pan/pot for frying otherwise they get too crispy.
Tastes better with sprinkles and frosting!
Horrible recipe. I make donuts a lot, and tried this one, unfortunately. The measurements are way off. Sticky and gross. Thanks for nothing.
I made the recipe as is and they turned out great!!
Grand flavour but too wet to roll out so small spoons deep-fried into mini doughnuts
I followed the directions exactly and they were very good.