Like my chocolate donut recipe, these cake donuts are light and fluffy. Because they are baked, they don’t have the texture of traditional fried donuts but rather a muffinlike crumb and a very subtle flavor. While good on their own, I consider them more of a base to help other flavors shine. My personal favorite is a cinnamon sugar mixture, which transforms them into a mouthwatering delight. This recipe is a slight variation on one that came with my donut pan, but if you don’t have one then not to worry! You can use an ordinary muffin pan or, like I did with some of my leftover batter, make “donut holes” in a mini muffin pan. This recipe yields about 36 mini donuts, or approximately 9 larger ones.
Cake Donut Recipe
Donut Ingredients
- 2 Cups Self Rising Flour
- 3/4 Cup Sugar OR 1/4 Cup +1 Tablespoon Truvia
- 1 Tablespoon Butter or Butter Spread Melted
- 2 Eggs Beaten
- 3/4 Cup Milk
- 1 Teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 Teaspoon Nutmeg
- 1/4 Teaspoon Cinnamon
Donut Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Spray donut or muffin pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine flour and sweetener. Mix together, then add remaining ingredients and beat until well blended.
- Fill donut holes/muffin cups 2/3 of the way full.
- Bake 8 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. My donuts actually needed to bake for about 12 minutes.
- After cooling, remove donuts from pan and dip into glaze or cinnamon sugar. Feel free to decorate the glazed ones with sprinkles, nuts, coconut, or shaved chocolate.
About Demelza Young
Demelza Young is an alumni of Northern Kentucky University. She currently enjoys volunteering her time in her local community, reviewing online content with her cat, and sharing quality recipes.
Lookin good!
Yum! The cinnamon sugar ones sound really good.
that llooks so yummy the final picture looks so delish lol
These look delicious, I can't wait to try them!
like this one
This looks good and pretty easy…if I can get the hang of it I'd sure save a lot on morning donuts! Thanks for the recipe
love it!! looks so good
these look so good…thank you for sharing.
These look delicious!
Thank you so much for including the Truvia – we are so trying to cut down on sugar in our diet and this helps. We are going to try to make these with whole wheat flour, though.
You may need to add some baking soda to the flour if you use wheat, since that is the major difference between self rising and normal wheat flour. I know Demi typically makes hers with Truvia 🙂
I am a diabetic and it is so hard to find desserts/sweets recipes that I can make using my Splenda or Truvia. Thank you
Ooooh, they look good! Perfect with that cup of coffee for breakfast!
Thanks for sharing : )
look really yummy and without the deep frying.
Looks yummy! Can't wait to try out this recipe.
These look and sound amazing…and going over the recipe…easy enough for me to whip together with the kiddos with little effort…yay for that! Thanks for sharing the pictures as well…it's always great to have a recipe with pictures showing the process… 🙂
I would love to try these!
these look delicious but even more importantly, they look easy!
My 15 year old is a budding cook/baker and I know she will want to try her hand at making these.
These sound good. I may add a few ingredients i.e. blueberries to the mix.
We love donuts at our house, and these look very easy to make. I am sure my kids will enjoy helping to decorate…and eat…them! 🙂
Pretty quick to make.
oh wow, those look so good! Once I move into my new place, I may have to try these! omg my kids would love them, too! Thank you!
Thank You, this sounds good, I bet it makes the house smell good to when baking all the cinnimmon 🙂
Chocolate would be my cake donut. I love them with coffee in the mornings. thanks on how to save money and make my own.
Cinnamon sugar donut holes sound like just the thing for weekend brunch.
Love that these are baked so less oily giving you a wonderful cake taste. Plus, lightly sweetening with cinnamon and sugar or even powdered sugar is a nice finishing touch. Great for breakfast or snack time.
It sounds pretty good. So is basically little pieces of cake?
I want mine fryed! Love these donuts!
These are like cupcakes but in doughnut shape. Sounds great.
Those look so delicious! Since I can have any foods in my weight loss plan, these are something I'd make for a special breakfast. YUM.
I think these are tomorrows breakfast. They look delicious!
I prefer to use regular stevia without added chemicals. How much Stevia would you use?
It would be the same measurement, Elizabeth. She uses Truvia due to my father in law’s allergies 🙂
being a disabled police officer i am always looking for a good donut recipe lol
These look good. Bet they are good with chocolate chips too!
These look so good and pretty easy too. I didn't know they actually made donut pans…learned something new for the day!
These sound delicious! I have a donut pan that I've hardly used – maybe I should try this recipe in it! 🙂
These cake donuts sound delicious! I was thinking that they'd probably be delicious with banana mixed in or apple!
I love the simplicity of this recipe. And cinnamon is a favorite of mine. I'm going to try this next week with my granddaughter. Thanks for sharing.
Carol L
I would make these with Truvia, I'm diabetic. This sounds like a great recipe, one that I would really enjoy! Thanks for sharing!
I love making donuts! Thank you for sharing…can’t wait to try this recipe!