Easy Baked Cake Donuts Recipe (without yeast)

4.75 from 4 votes

Prep Time10

Cook Time14

Total Time24

Course: All Recipes, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked donuts, breakfast, cake donuts, donuts, homemade donuts, snacks

Servings:

Calories: 146kcal

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a donut pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose and cake flours, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.
1 cup all-purpose flour, 1 cup cake flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, brown sugar, milk, and sour cream until smooth.
2 large eggs, ⅔ cup dark brown sugar, ½ cup whole milk, ½ cup full-fat sour cream
Add in the melted butter and vanilla, whisking until fully combined.
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix. The batter will be thick.
Add the batter to a ziplock bag with ½ an inch of one corner cut off. Pipe the batter into the donut cavities, filling each about ⅔ of the way. Do not overfill.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are just lightly browned.
Allow to cool for about two minutes and turn out onto a wire rack set on a large piece of parchment paper or over a baking sheet.
Allow donuts to cool down a couple of minutes until you can handle them. See notes for topping options

For powdered sugar donuts, roll both sides of donuts in ½ cup of powdered sugar. Sift the sugar before dipping to remove any lumps
For cinnamon sugar topping, melt ½ cup unsalted butter in one bowl and mix together ½ cup granulated sugar plus 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon in another bowl. Dip both sides of each donut in the melted butter then immediately dip in the cinnamon sugar
For glazed donuts, whisk together 1 ½ cups powdered sugar, ¼ cup milk, a pinch of kosher salt and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Dip both sides of each donut in the glaze and place on a wire rack set over a baking tray to catch any glaze that drips off
To make baked donuts without donut pan: Use a standard muffin tin and spray the wells with nonstick spray. Fill each well ⅔ of the way and bake at 350°F for 15 minutes. Top the same way as donuts, if desired
Store donuts at room temperature up to 4 days. Store in the fridge for up to one week. Warm in the microwave at 50% power for 30 seconds, or until desired temperature
Nutrition is calculated with baked donuts, no toppings added