Baked Mini Cake Doughnuts with Maple Glaze {Recipe} (2024)

FAQs

What is maple glaze made of for donuts? ›

The glaze is pretty simple. Butter, real maple syrup, powdered sugar, and then plenty of vanilla. Not too strong, not too sweet, but just right. Especially when dipped into or drizzled over warm maple doughnuts.

They are healthier than fried donuts. The donuts are moist and fluffy, with a slightly crispy exterior. They are versatile. You can customize the recipe to your liking by adding different flavors of glaze or toppings.

Have you ever wanted to make baked doughnuts at home but couldn't because you didn't have a doughnut pan? Here's what to do! You don't need to add another pan to your collection in order to make baked doughnuts. Instead, grab a muffin tin and some aluminum foil to create a makeshift doughnut pan.

A BASE GLAZE is a mixture of these three basic groups: SILICA, FLUX AND ALUMINA.

Powdered sugar thickens and emulsifies the glaze, helping it harden once it's cool. A pinch of salt sharpens the flavors if using unsalted butter.

Underproofed – leads to stiffer (denser) donuts that don't puff up well when fried. Cracked donuts – this may have happened if you used a cutter and it wasn't sharp enough to cut through the dough cleanly. Or the dough is underproofed or too cold.

About three mini donuts equal the size of one regular donut. Try a Fruity Pebble donut, one filled with Boston cream and another piped with key lime pie filling and topped with a sprinkle of graham cracker crust. You'll be able to finish them all without a stomachache.

We recommend approximately 4 mini donuts per person, but that may vary depending on your particular event and what other items, if any, you may be serving.

Types of Donuts

Yeast donuts are leavened with yeast (shocker!), and are light and airy. Cake donuts are chemically leavened using baking powder or baking soda. These donuts have a more dense, chewy, cake-like crumb. These donuts are often baked, as shown here, but may also be fried.

Do baked donuts taste the same as fried? ›

The texture is more compact and there isn't the distinctive taste of deep frying. The color is also much paler. The taste overall was good and if you aren't into the calories of deep frying and the extra step and clean up, these are an acceptable substitute.

Place your donuts in storage bags or airtight containers.

If you plan on eating your donuts within 1-2 days, you can just keep them at room temperature. Definitely put them in airtight bags or containers though so they stay fresh! The only time this isn't a good idea is when your donuts are cream-filled.

We've got donuts on the brain. But sometimes you just don't want to leave the house, even if it is for a perfect, sugary treat. Thank goodness for this recipe from Cook's Country. You just pop the dough in a muffin tin -- no special equipment needed for these fantastic crowd-pleasers.

All you need is a cupcake pan and some regular old tin foil! Cut the foil into a 4 x4 square and bend gently around your middle finger. Remove your finger and press the shape you're left with into the muffin tin. The results: You're left with a perfect donut hole shaped tin that yields you round baked donuts.

Cake doughnuts get their rise from baking powder instead of yeast, so they have some more heft to them and are slightly crunchy, but still soft and satisfying. They also still have that hint of nutmeg flavor which is characteristic of just about any doughnut – but feel free to omit the nutmeg if you don't like it.

Glaze or fill as follows, and serve as soon as possible. Whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar, ¼ cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. When the doughnuts are cool enough to handle, dip into the glaze; if you like, flip them so the tops they're completely covered. Put on racks to let the glaze harden.

Make the maple icing:

Place 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar, 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, 1/4 cup maple syrup, and 2 tablespoons milk in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook until the butter melts and the sugar dissolves, but do not boil, 5 to 6 minutes.

You can usually count on a honey substitute to work well in baked good recipes. If the honey you're replacing is in a sauce, a glaze or marinade for meat or vegetables, use maple syrup in its place. It'll act in much the same way, even if it changes the flavor of the dish a bit.

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