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Cake Mix Baked Doughnuts for Easter

Makes 12-15
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 15-17 minutes
Course Dessert
Keyword easter
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

Baked Donut Ingredients

  • ● 1 15.25 oz box Cake Mix - any flavor
  • ● ½ cup 1 stick butter, melted and cooled
  • ● 2 eggs room temperature
  • ● 1 cup milk

Frosting and Decorations for Easter Bunny Donuts

  • ● 1 can vanilla frosting - canned frosting works best
  • ● White Food Coloring optional
  • ● Mini Marshmallows
  • ● Mini Chocolate Chips for eyes
  • ● Pink Heart Sprinkle for nose
  • ● White and Pink Nonpareil Sprinkles

Frosting and Decorations for Spring Chick Donuts

  • 1 can vanilla frosting
  • Mini Chocolate Chips for eyes
  • Yellow and Orange Food Coloring
  • Disposable Decorator Bags

Instructions

Baked Donut Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees
  • Coat doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray AND wipe out excess with paper towel
  • Mix all donut ingredients together until smooth
  • Add batter to a disposable decorator bag or resealable bag
  • Pipe batter into doughnut pan, filling ½ full
  • Bake at 325 degrees for 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the doughnut comes out clean
  • Cool in pan for 10 minutes, remove and cool completely on wire rack

Frosting for Easter Bunny Donuts

  • Add about ½ of the can of frosting to a microwave safe bowl
  • Heat about 30 seconds
  • Add white food coloring for a more vibrant frosting
  • Add wire rack on top of baking sheet - to catch the drips
  • Mix well, the consistency needs to be runny but not too runny or hot
  • Turn doughnut upside down and dip top into the melted frosting
  • Gently shake off excess
  • Turn right side up and shake side-to-side to level frosting
  • Place on wire rack until firm

Decorations for Easter Bunny Donuts

  • Add white nonpareil sprinkles to a small bowl
  • Add a mini marshmallow to a toothpick (for dipping) and dip into melted white frosting
  • Immediately dip into sprinkles and set to dry
  • Add pink nonpareil sprinkles to a small bowl
  • Cut 1 mini marshmallow in half diagonally
  • Immediately dip cut part into the sprinkles and set to dry
  • For face - turn mini chocolate chip upside down and insert into doughnut for eyes
  • Add a very small amount of frosting to the heart sprinkle and add to doughnut for nose
  • Dip bottom of “tail” into frosting and add to doughnut
  • Dip bottom of ears into frosting and add to doughnut
  • Set aside to dry

Frosting and Decorations for Spring Chick Donuts

  • Repeat frosting process as for bunnies, but coloring the frosting yellow
  • To decorate - add a small amount of frosting into 3 bowls and color each with dark orange (for beak and feathers), and 2 shades of orange for feathers
  • Add frosting to decorator bag fitted with a #4 tip for the feathers and #3 tip for the beak
  • For face - turn mini chocolate chip upside down and insert into doughnut for eyes
  • Pipe on beak with dark orange frosting
  • Pipe on feathers
  • Set aside to dry