Francesca Federico Recipe ⇝ Baked Spiced Cake Donuts

A deliciously moist and more wholesome version of cake donuts with lots of spiced flavor.

Ingredients

• baking spray
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ cups white sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1 cup apple cider
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 extra large egg, lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ cup white sugar
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with baking spray.
2. Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, and kosher salt together in a bowl.
3. Whisk applesauce, apple cider, melted butter, egg, and vanilla extract together in a small bowl. Stir into flour mixture gradually until ingredients are combined.
4. Spoon batter into the prepared pan, filling each cup 3/4 full.
5. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a donut comes out clean, about 17 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes before removing donuts from the pan.
6. Combine sugar and cinnamon for topping in a shallow dish. Brush donuts with melted butter on both sides and dip into sugar-cinnamon combination.

Nutrition Facts

• calories269.9
• carbohydrateContent50.7 g
• cholesterolContent33.2 mg
• fatContent6.5 g
• fiberContent1 g
• proteinContent2.9 g
• saturatedFatContent3.8 g
• sodiumContent172.1 mg
• sugarContent33.8 g