Baked Red Velvet Donuts
Bursting with a rich chocolate flavor and cream cheese frosting, these Baked Red Velvet Donuts are fit for the ultimate red velvet lover!
Ingredients
DONUT BATTER:
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
- 5-6 drops red food coloring I used the gel kind
- 1 egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1¼ teaspoons distilled white vinegar
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 3 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla bean paste or vanilla extract
Instructions
To make the donuts:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 12-count donut pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and food coloring with a stand mixer with fitted paddle attachment or hand mixer. Mix in egg until combined. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Slow add half of flour mixture into wet mixture and combine. Pour in buttermilk, vinegar, and rest of flour mixture. Mix to combine.
- Pour mixture into a large ziplock bag and cut tip of bottom corner. Pipe mixture into prepared donut pan.
- Bake 10-12 minutes or until slightly firm. Remove from oven and cool completely before frosting.
To make the frosting:
- To prepare the cream cheese frosting, cream together butter and cream cheese in a medium bowl until combined. Add in powdered sugar and vanilla and stir well.
- Spread over cooled donuts using a spatula or knife.
Notes
Donut recipe adapted from Taste and Tell
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 192.18kcal | Carbohydrates: 28.24g | Protein: 2.57g | Fat: 8.11g | Saturated Fat: 4.79g | Cholesterol: 35.08mg | Sodium: 85.61mg | Potassium: 75.37mg | Fiber: 0.7g | Sugar: 19.26g | Vitamin A: 277.26IU | Calcium: 31.72mg | Iron: 0.75mg