Carrot Cake Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze
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These Carrot Cake Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze are cozy fall donuts that are light and sweet. This recipe is quick and simple and takes under 1 hour to make! Try these moist and fluffy easy carrot donuts this weekend.
If you're looking for more baked donuts recipes, check out my Baked Vanilla Donuts, Baked Donuts with Chocolate Fudge Glaze, or my Maple Pecan Baked Donuts.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
Twist on a Classic: If you're looking for something else pumpkin right now, then you will love these easy carrot donuts! This fall donut recipe has flavors of fall with apple cider glaze and a soft and moist carrot cake.
Easy AF: These Carrot Cake Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze come together quickly in one bowl using a hand mixer (or your stand mixer!). You can use whatever you prefer for this recipe, making it really simple.
Quick: These Carrot Cake Donuts are quick to make. They're ready in under 1 hour!
Moist & Fluffy: This delicious fall donut recipe makes a moist and fluffy carrot donut. I top them with a sweet apple cider glaze that pairs perfectly with the subtle spice of the carrot cake.
Fall Inspired: While these are fall inspired with a sweet apple cider glaze, it's a great alternative if you want a break from pumpkin!
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Ingredients
- Carrots: I use organic carrots that are finely grated. You need to use a fine grate on the carrots, otherwise if you use a larger grate the cake can become gummy and gross in texture.
- Butter: I use Organic Valley Salted Butter.
- Brown Sugar: I use my homemade light brown sugar. But, store bought also works!
- Egg: I use large eggs here.
- All Purpose Flour: My favorite is Cairnspring Mills.
- Baking Powder: This is key for fluffy baked donuts!
- Cinnamon: My favorite is organic Korintje Cinnamon.
- Ginger: I use organic ground ginger.
- Salt: Just a pinch of sea salt is necessary.
- Heavy Whipping Cream: My favorite is Organic Valley.
- Powdered Sugar: I used Wholesome in this recipe.
- Sparkling Apple Cider: I use Martinelli's Organic Sparkling Apple Cider. You could also use flat apple cider too, either will work!
- Sprinkles: I used India Tree Nature's Colors Harvest Decorating Sugars. These are naturally colored and make a beautiful fall donut! They also don't have any seed oils in them, like many sprinkles do.
Tools Needed
- Scale: Always use a digital food scale for the best baking results.
- Hand Mixer: I use my hand mixer here, but you can also use a stand mixer or even just a bowl with a whisk.
- Mixing Bowl: You'll need a mixing bowl if you're using a hand mixer. And, you'll also need it for the glaze.
- Piping Bag: I like to use a piping bag to pipe the donut batter into the molds. But, if you don't have one, you can just spoon it in too.
- Donut Pan: You'll need 2 donut pans for this recipe.
- Whisk: I use whisk to make the glaze.
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400°F.
Step 2
To make the batter: Add the grated carrots, melted butter, light brown sugar, and the egg to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, mix until combined.
Add in the heavy whipping cream, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and sea salt and mix together.
Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
Step 3
Lightly grease 2 donuts pans with the olive oil cooking spray. Pipe the donut batter into 10 donuts.
Step 4
Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the donut pans before removing. (If you’re baking at high altitude be sure to check the Notes at the bottom of the recipe for high altitude baking instructions).
Step 5
To make the glaze: In a medium mixing bowl, add the powdered sugar and apple cider. Whisk until a smooth glaze forms.
Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze. Top with the decorating sugar.
FAQ's
Yes, you can easily make these ahead of time. Just be sure to store in an airtight container or under a cake dome so they don't dry out.
If you don't have a piping bag, you can put batter into a zip bag and cut a hole out of the corner and pipe them that way. But, you also just spoon batter into the donut pans too!
Well, you cannot make baked donuts without a donut pan! This batter is similar to a muffin batter, so you could make them into muffins instead, but you'd need a muffin pan.
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Carrot Cake Donuts with Apple Cider Glaze
Ingredients
Batter
- 142 grams carrots (finely grated)
- 85 grams salted butter (melted)
- 170 grams light brown sugar
- 1 large egg (room temperature)
- ½ cup heavy whipping cream (room temperature)
- 255 grams all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- Olive oil cooking spray
Glaze
- 212 grams powdered sugar (sifted)
- 3 tablespoons sparkling apple cider
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add the grated carrots.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- To make the batter: Add the grated carrots, melted butter, light brown sugar, and the egg to a large mixing bowl. Using a hand mixer, mix until combined.
- Add in the heavy whipping cream, flour, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, and sea salt and mix together.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag.
- Lightly grease 2 donuts pans with the olive oil cooking spray. Pipe the donut batter into 10 donuts.
- Bake for 10 to 14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool completely in the donut pans before removing.
- To make the glaze: In a medium mixing bowl, add the powdered sugar and apple cider. Whisk until a smooth glaze forms.
- Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze. Top with the decorating sugar.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
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