Carrot Cake Donuts
Enjoy a few of these soft baked Carrot Cake Donuts for breakfast. Cake for breakfast is always a great way to start out the day.
Carrot Cake Donuts
PREP TIME: 15 minutes
COOK TIME: 10 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 25 minutes
Ingredients
For the Donuts
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup Greek yogurt
- 2/3 cup crushed pineapple, drained (save juice)
- 2/3 cup shredded carrots
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups flour
For the Frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 4 Tablespoons butter
- 2 Tablespoons pineapple juice
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup finely diced walnuts
- orange sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and spray a donut pan with nonstick spray.
- Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla, and salt until creamy. Add the egg, yogurt, pineapple, and carrots and beat again.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and baking powder and slowly mix it in.
- Fill a large ziplock bag with the donut batter and cut one corner off.
- Squeeze into donut pan cavities filling 1/2 full. Bake for 10 minutes. Cool a few minutes in the pan and remove to wire rack to cool completely.
- Beat the cream cheese, butter and pineapple juice. Slowly add the powdered sugar and beat until smooth.
- Dip the cooled donuts in frosting and sprinkle with chopped walnuts and sprinkles.
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