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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Baked Pumpkin Cake Doughnuts

    First Published: October 25, 2012 . Last Modified: September 19, 2020 lisa18 Comments This post may contain affiliate links

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    No one in my family likes pumpkin. Or so I thought.

    I  found this great recipe for pumpkin cake doughnuts from King Arthur Flour.  I was going to make a batch to bring to work. I also would have plenty of extras to go with my coffee the next few mornings.  They never made it to work. My non- pumpkin- eating  family inhaled them in a matter of hours. My poor co- workers got nothing.

    Maybe I should not have offered my kids any. But even if I didn't, the smell of cinnamon and spices lured them in. Maybe I should not have made the mistake of covering them with everyone's favorite toppings instead of cinnamon sugar.  My daughter likes plain doughnuts, my son likes chocolate covered. And my husband can never get enough powdered sugar.  Yes, it was my fault that they never made it to work. A few might have also landed in my stomach.

    Pumpkin doughnuts = happy kids!

    I think two more batches will be made next week. One for the co-workers and one for the family.

    Now I know my family likes pumpkin.

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    5 from 2 votes

    Pumpkin Cake Doughnuts

    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time20 minutes mins
    Total Time30 minutes mins
    Course: breakfast/ dessert, Snack
    Cuisine: American
    Servings: 12
    Calories: 269kcal
    Author: adapted from King Arthur Flour

    Ingredients

    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 3 large eggs
    • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
    • 1 ½ cups pumpkin purée canned pumpkin
    • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    • ½ teaspoon ground ginger
    • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 ¾ cups + 2 tablespoons King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
    • powdered sugar frosting or anything you'd like to top the donuts with

    Instructions

    • ) Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease two standard doughnut pans. If you don't have doughnut pans, you can bake these in a standard muffin tin or a mini muffin tin; they just won't be shaped like traditional doughnuts.
    • ) In a medium bowl, beat together the oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin, spices, salt, and baking powder until smooth.
    • ) Mix in the flour and stir until the mixture is smooth.
    • ) Fill the doughnut pans about ¾ full; using about a ¼ cup of batter in each well. If you're making muffins, fill each well about ¾ full; the recipe makes about 15, so you'll need to bake two batches
    • ) Bake the doughnuts for 15 to 18 minutes, or until a toothpick put in the center of one comes out clean. Large muffins need to bake for 23 to 25 minutes while mini muffins will bake for about 12 minutes.
    • ) Remove the doughnuts from the oven, and after about 5 minutes, loosen their edges. Transfer them to a baking rack to cool.
    • ) While the doughnuts are still warm , gently dip them in sugar, coat the tops with frosting and sprinkles or whatever you'd like.
    • ) Cool completely, and wrap. These can be stored at room temperature for several days.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 42g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 309mg | Potassium: 148mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 4826IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg
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    Comments

    1. Betty Ann @Mango_Queen

      October 26, 2012 at 12:49 pm

      5 stars
      What a delicious batch of doughnuts! I share in your household's sentiments about pumpkin. Mine are not crazy about it, too. But now that you made these homemade pumpkin cake doughnuts, I might just do what you did ~ pile on the favorite frostings! Thanks for sharing this recipe & for the blog-visit 🙂

      Reply
    2. teresa

      October 26, 2012 at 1:15 pm

      haha! don't you love it. i'm always happy when i'm able to defy my kids tastebuds with things too delicious to pass up. of course, i don't know how anyone could say no to those donuts, YUM!

      Reply
    3. Pam

      October 26, 2012 at 1:27 pm

      These are my kind of pumpkins! They look terrific.

      Reply
    4. Katrina

      October 27, 2012 at 12:33 am

      Love that first photo! Yum! My kids think they don't like pumpkin. I'll have to make these and not tell them they have pumpkin until the eat them up because they LOVE donuts. Chocolate and sprinkles is all it will take.

      Reply
    5. Danielle

      October 27, 2012 at 12:43 pm

      wow - we had the exact same thought as I made these last week!!! They were delicious, weren't they?

      Reply
    6. Kate

      October 27, 2012 at 8:04 pm

      Who doesn't like pumpkin?

      Reply
    7. Pam

      October 28, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      Yum! I'll be trying this!

      Reply
    8. patsy

      October 28, 2012 at 8:20 pm

      Love that you made so many "mistakes" and they didn't make it to the next day! lol! I may have to get a donut pan just so that I can try these myself!

      Reply
    9. Ramona

      October 29, 2012 at 1:24 pm

      These look good!

      Reply
    10. Joanne

      October 30, 2012 at 7:27 am

      Well...at least you can take comfort that you were feeding them a veggie mixed in there! The donuts look fabulous!

      Reply
    11. foodwanderings

      October 31, 2012 at 12:05 am

      Beautifully baked doughnuts. Funny thing I have been obsessing about them and experimenting a lot recently!

      Reply
    12. Liz

      November 02, 2012 at 10:06 pm

      Whoa, I can see why these disappeared!!! And the pumpkin makes these practically health food, right?

      Reply
    13. Erica

      November 06, 2012 at 10:30 pm

      I totally made something similar this weekend!! Posting the recipe tomorrow. Deliciousness! Adore pumpkin

      Reply
    14. Bob

      November 07, 2012 at 6:56 pm

      Hmmm never had pumpkin doughnuts before, sounds very interesting though.

      Reply
    15. Sommer@ASpicyPerspective

      November 08, 2012 at 9:20 am

      We are all HUGE pumpkin lovers, so this is right up our alley!

      Reply
    16. Mrs. L

      November 08, 2012 at 6:53 pm

      I can't say I'm that fond of pumpkin flavored things either...but I keep buying pumpkin! So maybe I should give these a try 🙂

      Reply
    17. Robin

      November 12, 2012 at 3:45 pm

      5 stars
      My kids aren't big on pumpkin, either, but that just means I could make these and eat them all myself 🙂

      Reply
    18. Mary

      November 13, 2012 at 2:53 am

      These look delicious. I'm not surprised your family devoured them. I hope all is well. Blessings...Mary

      Reply

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