Baked King Cake Donuts
These Baked King Cake Donuts are a fun and simple twist on a traditional Mardi Gras King Cake! Baked cake donuts flavored with vanilla and spiced with cinnamon. Glazed with vanilla cinnamon icing before sprinkling them in purple, green, and gold sugar.
Servings: 6 DONUTS
Calories: 267kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- For the Donuts:
- 1 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 large egg room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk
- For the Glaze:
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2-3 Tablespoons cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of cinnamon
- Plastic babies Green, Gold, and purple colored sugar for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and spray the donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set Aside.
- With a mixer, combine egg, sugar and buttermilk.
- Sift flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into the egg mixture.
- Divide batter evenly between each donut well.
- Bake for 12-13 minutes, or until donuts are light golden brown, and spring back to the touch. Turn onto a cooling rack, cool.
- Beat cream, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and a pinch of cinnamon together until smooth and glaze is your desired consistency.
- Dip the cooled donuts into the glaze and return them to the cooling rack.
- While the glaze is still wet, decorate them with each of the 3 colors of sugar. Add a baby to the top.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
I always put the baby on top, not inside. With a small donut, that always seemed like a choking hazard.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 267kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 223mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 37g