Recipes

Snow Fluffy Cake Donuts

Makes 18 Donuts

Ingredients
Basic Spiced Donuts:
2½ cup all-purpose flour

¼ cup cornstarch

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

½ teaspoon fine sea salt

½ cup unsalted butter, softened

¾ cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

½ cup whole milk

Peanut oil for frying

White Icing:
4 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons light corn syrup

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Pinch of fine sea salt

¼ to ⅓ cup whole milk

1 cup unsweetened flaked coconut

Directions
1. In a large bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder, nutmeg and salt. Whisk to combine and aerate.

2. In a separate large bowl, cream sugar and butter. Stir in eggs and vanilla.

3. Fold in dry ingredients and milk until just combined. Scrape dough directly into plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.

4. Once dough has chilled, roll to ½" thick and cut donuts with a 2.5" round cutter and a ¾" hole cutter.

5. Fill a heavy-bottomed pot 2" deep with peanut oil and heat to 360°F.

6. Carefully lower each donut into oil then fry both sides for 2 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

7. While donuts are cooling, prepare white icing by combining powdered sugar, corn syrup, vanilla, sea salt and whole milk in a large bowl. Beat until smooth.

8. Dip donut tops in white icing and immediately sprinkle with coconut.