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This cake donut recipe will become your favorite way to make healthy donuts! Strawberry Glazed Donuts are kid friendly, gluten free, and super easy to make in a blender or a bowl! Perfect for breakfast or a gluten free dessert!
Strawberries are officially in peak season and filling our baskets at our local farmer’s Market. Oh these little berries are truly my favorite.
Sweet, but not too sweet. And that color, can we just talk about that color? Red, with a subtle hint of pink that shines! That’s saying a lot for something who doesn’t like pink. But, I digress.
Point being, fresh strawberries make the best strawberry desserts, breakfasts (Energy Boosting Strawberry Overnight Oatmeal,anyone?) and even salad toppings. Would you agree?
Well, today, we’re going to put those strawberries to use and make a dessert style cake donut recipe!
I’ve put on my southern girl “n’cream” hat and decorated it with a bit of healthy, quick, efficient, and gluten free. TA DAH!
Gluten Free Strawberry Cake Donut Recipe
ARE THESE GLAZED DONUTS BAKED OR FRIED?
I know what you’re thinking. Plleeeeaase! Cake donuts are baked and glazed donuts should be FRIED!
I know, this is not a traditional fried donut recipe. But baked donuts are a whole lot easier to make and enjoy than the fried variety.
Nothing against enjoying fried donuts from time to time. But, like I mentioned above, when I put my southern girl meets gluten free hat on, my mind starts to get full of “healthifying” ideas!
Heck, even the glaze is made from Greek yogurt. Which is why it’s a wee bit thicker than a traditional glaze. With the addition of powdered sugar sprinkled onto the tops, they’re irresistibly gorgeous and they look like the real thing!
Tips for making strawberry donuts
These bake up great, but the extra sweetness from the Greek yogurt frosting/glaze is KEY. It’s best to keep it fresh and dip the donuts right before serving.
- Start by sifting the flour. Sifting is an important step that you shouldn’t skip. As a result, it helps create a soft pillowy texture in the cake.
- Next, pour ⅓ of the blended strawberries, milk, and egg into the dry batter, gently mixing between each pour. This helps evenly distribute the ingredients. The final batter will be smooth and creamy and very similar to that of muffin batter.
- Speaking of muffins, if you don’t have a donut pan, you can absolutely use the batter to make strawberry muffins instead. An extra perk of this cake donut recipe, y’all!
Bowl or blender recipe
If you would like to use a blender to make this recipe, it’s as simple as pie. (Ooo, pie!)
- Sift your flour, sugar, baking powder and salt into a large bowl, then set it aside.
- Place all of the remaining ingredients for the strawberry donuts into the blender. Obviously, don’t include the ingredients for the strawberry glaze.
- Blend until the batter is the creamy consistency of a smoothie.
- Pour about ⅓ of the wet ingredients into the bowl of dry ingredients. Stir gently, and it’s okay if you still have dry ingredients in the bowl. Stir in another ⅓ of the wet batter, stir, then stir in the final ⅓ of the batter. At this point, you shouldn’t have any dry ingredients remaining.
EASY SHORTCUT / KITCHEN HACK
Now, most cake donut recipes suggest that you place the batter in a pastry decorating bag and then squeeze the batter into pan. This takes too much time and it’s not necessary!
My trick? A Ziploc bag!
Yes, snip off one corner from a Ziploc bag and squeeze the batter from there. Or, spooning the batter into the donut pan works just as well!
The yogurt glaze is optional, but I highly recommend making it in case you want to dip the donuts in the glaze after baking. It’s fun and healthy(ish).
Plus, glazed donuts are extra pretty to look at… and more delicious to eat. Obviously.
REDUCED SUGAR TIPS–> Want to make a reduced sugar version? Simple. You can use Monk fruit or erythritol sugar in place of coconut sugar and powdered sugar for glaze.
And I’ll let you in on a little secret. Baked donuts are really just like muffins in donut form. GASP! I know. But it’s more fun to eat donuts, so you can dunk them in all the things, right?
How to store thedonuts
If you have any extras, store them in an airtight container in the fridge. They should keep fresh for a few days. Because the glaze for these glazed donuts has Greek yogurt in it, I don’t recommend storing them at room temperature.
Ready to whip up this BERRY delicious baked donut recipe? I know, I’m corny. It’s hereditary.
VIDEO FOR HOW TO MAKE GF CAKE DONUTS:
Gluten Free Strawberry Cake Glazed Donuts (Baked)
Strawberry Baked Donuts with Yogurt Glaze
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- Author: Lindsay Cotter
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 10–12 1x
Description
This cake donut recipe will become your favorite way to make healthy donuts! These strawberry glazed donuts are kid friendly, gluten free, and super easy to make in a blender or a bowl! Perfect for breakfast or a gluten free dessert!
Ingredients
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- 1 ¾ cups gluten free all purpose flour, sifted
- ⅔ cup raw sugar or ½ cup sugar substitute (see notes)
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 ¼ cup sliced strawberries + extra for decorating, if desired
- ½ cup non dairy milk
- 1 extra large egg (see notes for smaller eggs)
- 2 Tablespoons melted unsalted butter or refined coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
GREEK YOGURT GLAZE –
- 1 cup powdered sugar or sugar substitute
- 2 Tablespoons plain Greek yogurt or non dairy Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon non dairy milk or water
- 1 Tablespoon strawberry puree, one strawberry blended or 3 drops natural red dye
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease the donut pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift the flour. Whisk in the sugar, baking powder, and salt to the sifted flour until combined. Set aside.
- Cut the stems off the strawberries and add to the blender along with the milk. Blend until a smoothie-like mixture forms.
- Once blended, turn the blender on low and slowly add in the egg, melted butter, and vanilla until combined.
- Pour ⅓ of the blender batter into the dry ingredients and stir gently. Repeat until you’ve used up the blender batter and the mixture in the bowl is smooth like muffin batter.
- Spoon the donut batter into the greased donut pan or use a pastry bag/ziplock bag for the perfect donut shape. The batter will make 10-12 donuts.
- Bake donuts for 15 to 17 minutes or golden brown.
- While the donuts are baking, make the glaze. Once the donuts are cool, dip in the glaze.
- Store in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
Notes
Substitutes– Use 1 large egg and 1 egg white in place of anextra large egg.UseMonk fruitor erythritol sugar in place of coconut sugar and powdered sugar for glaze.
Blending options – Use a food processor or hand mixer in place of a hand mixer to make the strawberry batter.
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Category: breakfast
- Method: baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 215
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 20 mg
- Fat: 2.5 g
- Saturated Fat: .7g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 39 g
- Fiber: 1.6 g
- Protein: 5.4 g
- Cholesterol: 53 mg
Okay. Do you own a donut pan? If you do, make your next batch and report back. The varieties are endless!
Cheers and happy baking!
LC
