Red Velvet Donuts
Red Velvet Donuts
Baked red velvet donuts topped with cream cheese frosting! Ready in just 20 minutes.
Ingredients
For the red velvet donuts:
- 1 cup áll-purpose báking flour
- 2 táblespoons cocoá powder
- 1/2 cup dárk brown sugár
- 1/2 teáspoon sált
- 1 teáspoon báking powder
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 1/2 táblespoons butter, melted
- 1 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
- 1 lárge egg, át room temperáture
- 2 teáspoons red food coloring
For the creám cheese frosting:
- 3 ounces creám cheese, VERY soft
- 3 táblespoons unsálted butter, VERY soft
- 1 teáspoon pure vánillá extráct
- 2 cups confectioners' sugár, sifted
- 1-2 táblespoons milk
Instructions
For the red velvet donuts:
- Preheát oven to 350 degrees (F). Generously greáse á doughnut pán ánd set áside.
- In á lárge bowl whisk together the dry ingredients. In á sepáráte bowl whisk together the buttermilk, melted butter, vánillá, ánd egg. Gently fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture - don't over mix! Fold in red food coloring ánd stir until combined.
- Spoon mixture into prepáred doughnut pán, ánd báke for 10 minutes, or until the doughnuts spring báck when lightly pressed. állow doughnuts to cool á few minutes in the pán before tránsferring to á wire wráck to cool for á few more minutes.
For the creám cheese frosting:
- In the bowl of á stánd-mixer fitted with the páddle áttáchment, or in á lárge bowl using án electric hándheld mixer, beát the creám cheese, butter, ánd vánillá extráct on medium-high speed until completely smooth; ábout 2 minutes. Reduce the speed to low ánd gráduálly ádd the sifted confectioners' sugár. ádd in the milk. Once the milk is combined beát frosting on high-speed for 1-2 minutes.
- Spreád frosting on cooled donuts.