Easy Baked Cake Doughnuts With Cinnamon & Sugar

Batter Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour
1.5 cups sugar
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 egg, lightly beaten
1.25 cups whole milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Topping Ingredients

1 stick of butter, melted
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray doughnuts pan with cooking spray or grease lightly.

2. In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.

3. In a small bowl, combine egg, milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Wisk together until well combined.

4. Stir wet mixture into dry mixture until just combined. (Don’t over mix.)

5. Spoon batter into baking pans and fill each one to 3/4 full.

Note: This is where I usually mess up and over fill. Try not to overfill, otherwise you have bundt cakes and not doughnuts.

6. Bake for 17 minutes or until toothpick comes out easily.

7. Let cool for 5 minutes and the place doughnuts on a cooling rack.

8. While doughnuts are baking, create the topping. Melt one stick of butter in small sauce pan. Combine sugar and cinnamon in a shallow bowl. Dip one side of doughnut in butter and then in cinnamon sugar. If you are a glutton, you can dip both sides.