Baked, tender donuts filled with orange flavor and then glazed in a sweet, acidic and tart strawberry icing. This strawberry glaze is extra special because it's made with freeze-dried strawberry powder which packs a fruity punch. Like a bite of summer sunshine, these donuts will brighten any day!
Course Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 8 minutesminutes
Total Time 23 minutesminutes
Servings 16donuts
Ingredients
Donuts
2and ¼ C cake flour*
1Csugar
1.5tspbaking powder
¼tspbaking soda
½tspsalt
2eggslightly beaten
¼Cbuttermelted
¾Cwhole milk
½tsporange extract
½tspvanilla extract
1orangezested
Glaze
2Tbbuttermelted
1orangezested and juiced
½lemonjuiced
1Cpowdered sugar
2Tbfreeze-dried strawberry powder**
pinchof salt
Optional Garnish
gold luster dust
Instructions
To make donuts
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Spray your donut baking pan well with baking spray. If you don't have a donut pan, I've linked to the one I bought from Amazon above.
Whisk together the cake flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
In a liquid measuring cup or small mixing bowl, combine the lightly beaten eggs, melted butter, milk, orange and vanilla extract and the zest of 1 orange. Whisk until thoroughly combined and then add to the dry ingredients.
Using a spatula, gently fold together the wet and dry ingredients together until thoroughly combined. Try not to overmix but you don’t want any lumps in your batter.
Pour the batter into a gallon size storage bag or a pastry bag. Snip the end of the storage bag to make a 1-inch opening, and pipe the batter into the pan, filling each donut spot about ¾ full.
Place in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. The donuts will look quite pale, but the opposite side will be golden. If you overcook the donuts, they won't be nearly as tender. As soon as you can handle the donuts or after 1-2 minutes, remove the donuts from the pan and place them on a cooling rack.
Once the donuts have cooled completely, dip one side of each donut into the prepared glaze. Sprinkle one edge with freeze-dried strawberry powder and gold luster dust for a little extra sparkle.
To make glaze
Combine all of the ingredients in a small mixing bowl. Whisk together until smooth.
Notes
* You can also DIY cake flour in a pinch by putting 2 Tb cornstarch in an empty 1-cup then top the remainder with all purpose flour. Sift the mixture a couple of times to combine.** To make freeze-dried strawberry powder, simply puree freeze dried strawberries in a food processor until it resembles strawberry dust. I have linked to a small food processor for purchase above that is perfect for the job. You can also buy it in powder form online if you don't have a food processor.