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Homemade Cake Donuts

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Ingredients

  • 4 cups flour
  • 4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 quart Vegetable Oil for frying

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Step 1: In a medium mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter. Add sugar and beat well. Add eggs and beat well.

Step 3: Add milk and vanilla and stir until combined.

Step 4: Slowly add flour mixture and mix until dough holds together. Roll into a ball.

Step 5: Cover and chill 2 hours.

Step 6: On a floured board, roll out doughnut dough to 1/3" thick and cut with a donut hole cutter.

Step 7: Heat vegetable oil in pan or deep fryer to 365 degrees and fry until lightly golden brown.

Step 8: Drain on a plate lined with paper towel briefly and then dip into the bowl of hot glaze.

Enjoy these dougnnuts warm and fresh as is or dip in a vanilla glaze and drain on a wire rack set inside of a baking sheet. (recipe below).

Vanilla Glaze:

3 cups confectioners sugar (powdered sugar)
1/3 to 1/2 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond flavoring

In a medium mixing bowl big enough to dip your doughnuts, stir together all glaze ingredients until there are no lumps. Set aside until ready to dip the hot doughnuts.

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