A doughnut recipe for homemade cake doughnuts made with flour, eggs, sugar, vanilla and topped with a vanilla and almond glaze.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Homemade Cake Doughnuts
Servings: 6
Author: Laura Warnke
Equipment
1 medium mixing bowl
1 Large Mixing Bowl
Deep Fryer or large 12" deep frying pan or cast iron skillet
Baking Pans for catching glaze drips
Wire Racks for cooling glazed doughnuts
Ingredients
4cupsflour
4teaspoonsbaking powder
1/2teaspoonsalt
1/4cupbutter
1cupsugar
2eggs
3/4cupmilk
1teaspoonvanilla
1quartVegetable Oil for frying
Vanilla Glaze
3cupsconfectioners sugarpowdered sugar
1/3 to 1/2cupmilk
1teaspoonvanilla
1/2teaspoonalmond flavoring
Instructions
In a medium mixing bowl big enough to dip your doughnuts, stir together all glaze ingredients until there are no lumps. Set aside until ready to dip the hot doughnuts.
In a medium mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs and beat well.
Then dd milk and vanilla and stir until combined.
Slowly add flour mixture and mix until dough holds together. Roll into a ball.
Cover and chill 2 hours.
On a floured board, roll out dough to 1/3" thick and cut with a doughnut hole cutter.
Heat vegetable oil in pan or deep fryer to 365 degrees and fry until lightly golden brown.
Drain on a plate lined with paper towel briefly and then dip into the bowl of hot glaze.
Enjoy them warm and fresh as is or dip in a vanilla glaze (recipe above) and drain on a wire baking rack set inside of a baking sheet.