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Baked Red Velvet Donuts

Written by Chrisy | 08/03/16

Dessert Recipes red velvet

Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more?

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Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

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Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

You guys, recipes like this almost write the post for themselves.

Because really, what more can I say about these Baked Red Velvet Donuts other than Baked! Red! Velvet! Donuts!

This dessert (or breakfast or snack!) is perfect for all holidays, what with all the rich red color and the delicious chocolate flavor.

Donuts are always a crowd favorite, although they’re typically fried – which I’ve tried to do in the past, without much success – so the fact that these donuts are baked make them so much more loveable for how easy they are to throw together.

To make them you will need a donut pan for this recipe, so if you’d like to have homemade donuts in your house every week it would be worth picking one up. I was a little skeptical that the pan would work as well as they claimed, but as long as you don’t overfill it (pro tip: shoot for filling it half way) the donuts will turn out perfectly.

And even if you do overfill a few, don’t worry – those donuts will still taste just as good.

Because those less-than-perfect donuts?

They are the ones you get to eat on your own, fresh out of the oven with all the leftover frosting, before anyone else gets to have some.

Sometimes those are the donuts that taste the best.

Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

In the past, I’ve decorated the donuts in two different ways: some I just dipped in powdered sugar, so the tops have a nice dusting of sweetness. It was a nice, light compliment to the moist donuts, and they looked beautiful.

But usually I whip up a super easy vanilla cream cheese frosting and drizzle it across the top, like the donuts pictured here.

I’m partial to the ones with the cream cheese frosting, but then red velvet always seems to go hand in hand with a little extra sweetness.

Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

One thing I loved about this recipe was the use of oil over butter.

And don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love butter (probably more than I should), but butter brings a lighter, fluffier texture to baked goods. Using oil makes everything a little bit weightier.

This choice might not be for everyone, but it’s what made the donuts so incredibly moist and spongy. They reminded me of muffins with holes in the middle.

And I am more than okay with that.

Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

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          This post was originally published on February 7th, 2015. It was updated with new pictures and revised recipe instructions on August 3rd, 2016.Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

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          Baked Red Velvet Donuts! Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more? | HomemadeHooplah.com

          Baked Red Velvet Donuts

          Super moist and spongy baked donuts in classic red velvet flavor topped with powdered sugar or classic vanilla icing. Need I say more?
          Prep: 5 minutes
          Cook: 10 minutes
          Calories: 238 kcal
          Yields: 12 donuts

          Ingredients

          Red Velvet Donuts

          • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
          • 1 1/2 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder
          • 1/2 tsp salt
          • 1/2 tsp baking soda
          • 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
          • 1/2 cup buttermilk *
          • 1/2 Cup canola oil or vegetable oil
          • 1 egg
          • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
          • 1/2 tsp vinegar
          • 1 tbsp red food coloring

          Cream Cheese Frosting

          • 1 cup powdered sugar
          • 1 oz cream cheese
          • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
          • 1 splash milk or cream
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          Instructions

          For the Red Velvet Donuts

          1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Generously coat 2 donut pans with baking spray and set aside.

          2. In a large bowl, shift together all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, cocoa powder, and sugar. Set aside.

          3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk*, canola oil, vanilla, red food coloring, and vinegar.

          4. Slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, whisking them together until all the clumps are gone. Be careful not to overmix - stop mixing as soon as there are no longer any visible clumps. Batter will have a very heavy and wet texture. If desired, you can add more red food coloring at this stage to get a darker color.
          5. Using an icing bag (or a Ziploc bag (gallon sized) with the corner cut out), pipe the donut mix into the donut pan. Fill the donut rings to about 1/2 full.

          6. If using large donut pans, bake for about 10-12 minutes. If using a mini donut pans, bake for about 5-7 minutes.

          For the Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

          1. While the donuts bake, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla in a small bowl.
          2. Use a spatula to press the ingredients around until combined. Add a few splashes of milk to get the desired consistency. Icing should be smooth but not too drippy.

          Putting It All Together

          1. Let donuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then gently remove them (can use a spatula or butter knife to help) and place them on a wire rack to cool completely.
          2. Using another icing (or Ziploc) bag, decorate the donuts as you see fit. If you'd like to dip the tops of the donuts in the frosting, you may need to double the icing recipe and add up to 1/4 cup milk. If using powdered sugar for decoration, do not decorate donuts until just before eating. Donuts are so moist that they will "absorb" the powdered sugar if left to sit with the powdered sugar.

          3. Donuts (especially baked ones) tend to have a shelf life of 1-2 days, so be sure to eat them while they're still good!

          Recipe Notes

          * If you don't have any buttermilk, you can make your own. Using a measuring cup, pour in either 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice or 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar. Then pour milk in the measuring cup, going up to 1/2 cup. Let mixture sit for 5 minutes, then use as buttermilk in the recipe.

          Nutrition

          238kcal | Fat: 10g | Saturated fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 173mg | Potassium: 35mg | Carbohydrates: 33g | Sugar: 22g | Protein: 2g | Vitamin A: 70% | Calcium: 18% | Iron: 0.7%
          I do my best to provide nutrition information, but please keep in mind that I'm not a certified nutritionist. Any nutritional information discussed or disclosed in this post should only be seen as my best amateur estimates of the correct values.

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          Comments

          1. Lynn | The Road to Honey
            02/08/15
            Reply

            These are cute as a button and I love that they are easy enough to whip up as a Sunday surprise for the hubby . . .a doughnut connoisseur of sorts.

            • Chrisy
              02/09/15
              Reply

              Thank you Lynn! I hope your hubby likes them 🙂

          2. Arman @ thebigmansworld
            04/15/15
            Reply

            Oh yum! I am all about Red Velvet and in a donut shape? Even better!

          3. Mallory @ Chocolate with Grace
            04/15/15
            Reply

            These are gorgeous! And I love that I can have red velvet for breakfast now, because they’re red velvet.

          4. Olivia @ livforcake
            04/15/15
            Reply

            These look amazing! SO perfect and perfect for Valentine’s Day!

          5. SweetJ
            05/30/16
            Reply

            Your recipe has been featured here > https://sweetmeetsbakeshop.com/2016/05/30/sour-cream-cake-batter-donuts-history-of-donuts-chais-safari/
            Happy Memorial Day and keep on baking!

            • Chrisy
              06/08/16
              Reply

              Thank you for the feature! 😀

          6. Kim Beaulieu
            08/04/16
            Reply

            I could eat these all day. I love red velvet. There’s just something about red velvet that makes me happy. These are so cute.

            • Chrisy
              08/10/16
              Reply

              Right?! Red velvet for life! 😀 Thanks Kim!

          7. Reema jawa
            03/28/18
            Reply

            What is the subsitute of egg ?i bake eggless only

          8. Jane R Poston
            09/21/18
            Reply

            Can these be made ahead and frozen?

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