Description
Delightful baked blueberry cake donuts that are tender, moist, and perfect for any occasion.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons butter (plus extra for greasing the donut tin)
- ⅓ cup sugar
- ⅓ cup whole milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup wild blueberries (plus 2 tablespoons for glaze)
- ⅛ teaspoon vanilla extract (for glaze)
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350ºF (180ºC). Lightly grease a 6-hole donut tin with melted butter.
- Add the butter to a large, microwave-safe mixing bowl and heat until melted, about 20-30 seconds.
- Whisk in the sugar, milk, egg, and 1 ½ teaspoons of vanilla until smooth and combined.
- sift the flour into the bowl, then add the baking powder and salt. Fold gently until mixed.
- Carefully fold in the blueberries until evenly distributed.
- Spoon the donut batter into a piping bag and pipe into the prepared donut holes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 13-15 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Mash the remaining berries and strain for juice to mix with powdered sugar and vanilla to create the glaze.
- Spoon the glaze over each cooled donut and let set for 20 minutes before serving.
Notes
Try variations like zesty lemon, maple glazed, brown butter, or cinnamon sugar coating for different flavors.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 100mg
- Fat: 6g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 30mg