Cotton Candy Baked Cake Donuts

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Cotton Candy Baked Cake Donuts

Prep Time: 1 25

Cook Time: 15

Total Time: 1 40

Servings: donuts

Calories: 339kcal

Author: Kara @I Scream for Buttercream

Cotton candy baked cake donuts are delicious AND pretty. They've got a light cotton candy flavor and are baked, not fried, which makes them easy to prepare. For an added bonus, add actual cotton candy on top!

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Ingredients

For the cake donuts:

2 ⅔ cup flour all purpose
2 tsps baking powder
¾ teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
½ teaspoon cotton candy flavoring
¼ cup butter ½ stick
¼ cup oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs

For the glaze:

1 tablespoon melted butter
1 ½ cup confectioners sugar
1 tablespoon corn syrup
¼ teaspoon cotton candy flavoring
4 tablespoon milk add an additional 2 tablespoon if needed
pink and blue food coloring gel coloring is best
cotton candy optional

Instructions

For the cake donuts:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Grease the donut pan with a bit of shortening.
In a bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
In another bowl, mix together the milk and cotton candy flavoring.
In the mixing bowl, beat the butter, oil and sugar until fluffy.
Add the eggs and beat just until incorporated.
Add in the dry and liquid mixture. Make sure to alternate the dry mixture with the liquid mixture. Start and end with the dry mixture. (Dry, liquid, dry, liquid, dry) Mix just until incorporated after each addition.
Spoon into donut pan about ¾ of the way up.
Bake approximately 15 minutes. Start checking at 10 minutes.
Set on a rack to cool for about 5 minutes. Take a paper towel, lay over the donuts and press down lightly to flatten the bottoms of the donuts slightly while they're still in the pan. Cool another 5 minutes on the rack still in the pan.
Next, turn out of the pan to cool completely on the rack before adding the glaze.

For the glaze:

In a mixing bowl, add the melted butter, confectioners sugar, corn syrup, cotton candy flavoring and about three tablespoons of milk.
Mix well and check the consistency. If needed, add more milk to thin the glaze. You'll most likely need a couple more tablespoons.

Glazing the donuts:

Once the donuts are cool, take the glaze and add a bit of pink and blue food coloring and swirl only slightly.
Place a donut face down into the glaze mixture about halfway down the donut and twist it.
Lift it up, while twisting and let the excess drip off a bit. Turn face up and set onto a cooling rack until the icing firms up.
Optional: Add cotton candy to the top. If you choose to do this, make sure to wait at least five minutes to let the glaze firm up just a bit, or it'll melt the cotton candy. Don't wait too long, or the glaze will firm up too much and the cotton candy won't stick at all.

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Notes

Adapted from King Arthur Flour's Cake Donut Recipe.

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