Floor Time For Cake Donuts

I just know you ll love this old fashioned donut recipe.

Floor time for cake donuts.

Our doughnuts came out very crunchy and greasy and not very doughy in the centers at all. Give it 10 to 20 minutes of floor time before depositing it into the fryer. It s firm often with a slightly crunchy exterior and a soft cake like interior. Roll warm doughnuts in mixture.

Drain on paper towels. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. Cool slightly and frost with doughnut icing. We made doughnuts and doughnut holes out of our center pieces we cut out.

We are first time doughnut makers so take that for what its worth. Fry 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown on both sides. Toss in powdered sugar or finish with a simple glaze and sprinkles or toasted coconut you can t go wrong. The doughnuts need time to form maximum puffiness and for the centers to cook through which is why we cook them at a relatively low 325.

Wrap doughnuts in foil and transfer to a resealable freezer container. There s nothing better than homemade doughnuts. By the time we got to our holes we did them last we had it down pat. This is what a cake donut usually looks like.

I know many people don t like to fry so here are my best tips. Remove from oil with slotted spoon. Floor time should not exceed 30 minutes or the mix will gas off and the donuts will lose volume and shape and there will be increased shortening absorption. Fry doughnuts in oil 2 to 3 at a time turning as they rise to the surface.

Each donut averages 1 5 ounces or 42 5 grams. The donuts have baking powder in them to help them rise instead of yeast. You ll love these donuts because they are so easy. These are cake donuts which means there is no wait time.

The correct shortening temperature for frying is 370 to 380 f 188 to 193 c. If you cook in oil that s too hot the doughnuts will be. You can make the dough the night before and have them ready to go in the morning that s what i do. I like cake donuts better than yeast donuts.

A cake donut is made with a sweetened dough that s leavened with the help of baking powder and is extruded into oil to cook. Fry doughnuts a few at a time until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. May be frozen for up to 3 months.

Bake until tops of donuts spring back when lightly pressed 12 to 14 minutes. The distance between the depositor and fry fat should be 1 5 to 2 inches and the distance of the drop plate to the surface of the fry fat should be 1 5 to 2 inches. This is how i make my favorite doughnuts for my family on the weekends. While cake donuts are traditionally fried they re just as delicious baked in the oven with far less cleanup.

Invest in a thermometer.