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    Home » Recipes » Breakfast

    Pumpkin Cake Donuts with Cinnamon and Sugar

    by Mindi Cherry

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    With the right recipe, baked donuts are so much better than deep fried ones and these pumpkin cake donuts will quickly become your go-to Fall breakfast!

    With the right recipe, baked donuts are so much better than deep fried ones and these pumpkin cake donuts will quickly become your go-to Fall breakfast!

    My children just love when I make them homemade doughnuts.  Like most kids their again, they would eat doughnuts for every meal if I were to let them.  But I don't, so they can't.

    But I am not a total meanie so I do let them have doughnuts some of the time, but I want to know what it is them.  That is why I have come up with a bunch of doughnut recipes that my kids love and I can feel better about serving them and this pumpkin cake donuts recipe is the new addition to our lineup at home!

    Missed my other doughnut recipes?

    • Chocolate Glazed Baked Donut Recipe
    • Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes | Easy Donut Recipe
    • Homemade Apple Cider Donuts Recipe
    • Cinnamon Sugar Cream Cheese Bites Recipe

    To make them, you will need:

    pumpkin cake donuts ingredients

    Ingredients:

    • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 ½ cup Sugar
    • 15 oz Pumpkin Puree
    • 2 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • 1 ¾ cups Flour
    • 3 tablespoon Cinnamon Sugar

    This pumpkin donut recipe uses the same pan that we used with the Chocolate Glazed Baked Donut Recipe. You should be able to find it at AC Moore, Michael's, etc or you can always just grab it on Amazon. The easiest way to fill the cavities of the pan and to not make a mess is to transfer your batter to a gallon-sized zipper bag, cut off a corner of the bag and then "pipe" the batter in to the pan.

    pumpkin cake donuts pan

    As for the cinnamon and sugar on top - that is up to you. I will typically just sprinkle the mixture on top of the donuts (while warm), but if I am feeling extra generous, I will double the amount of cinnamon & sugar topping and actually dip the donuts in the mixture.  You can even sprinkle some on top of the batter before baking and then a little more after they are baked.

    These makes my kids REALLY happy!

    Scroll Down for the complete directions!

    With the right recipe, baked donuts are so much better than deep fried ones and these pumpkin cake donuts will quickly become your go-to Fall breakfast!

    Pumpkin Cake Donuts with Cinnamon and Sugar

    With the right recipe, baked donuts are so much better than deep fried ones and these pumpkin cake donuts will quickly become your go-to Fall breakfast!
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 18 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 28 minutes minutes
    Servings: 6
    Author: Mindi

    Ingredients 

    • ½ cup Vegetable Oil
    • 2 Eggs
    • 1 ½ cup Sugar
    • 15 oz Pumpkin Puree
    • 2 teaspoon Pumpkin Pie Spice
    • 1 teaspoon Salt
    • 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
    • 1¾ cups Flour
    • 3 tablespoon Cinnamon Sugar

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350.
    • Lightly grease doughnut pan.
    • Combine the oil, eggs, sugar, pumpkin, spices, salt, and baking powder. Mix until blended.
    • Add in the flour, stirring until blended.
    • Use a piping bag or zippered bag to fill each donut shape about ¾ full.
    • Bake the doughnuts for 18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
    • Allow to cool in pan for 5 minutes then use a butter knife to gently loosen each from the pan.
    • Transfer to a rack.
    • Sprinkle each with cinnamon sugar while still warm.
    • Allow to finish cooling on the rack.

    Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Spice Donuts

    Pumpkin cake donuts

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    Comments

    1. Kelly

      November 03, 2014 at 12:41 am

      I just bought a doughnut pan this week! Pinning this to use as one of the first treats I make!

    2. Cathy

      November 03, 2014 at 9:09 pm

      I am going to have to invest in a donut pan. Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe at Share It One More Time. Cathy

    3. April

      November 04, 2014 at 1:56 pm

      Ugh, yet another scrumptious-looking reason why I NEED a donut pan!! Yum!
      ~April
      (visiting from Treasure Box Tuesday)

    4. Rachel

      November 05, 2014 at 12:37 am

      These look delicious! I have tried to make donuts before (the yeast kind) but with miserable failure. Maybe I will have better luck with the cake version. Love you pan.

    5. Laina Turner

      November 06, 2014 at 8:19 am

      This looks amazing, I love pumpkin as do my kids.

    6. Jessica

      November 07, 2014 at 9:35 am

      I really really really need a doughnut pan! I'm ashamed to say I didn't even know they existed! These looks delish!

    7. Bev

      November 07, 2014 at 3:26 pm

      Oh, yum, these look delicious! Stopping by from the Pin It Party.

    8. Joanne T Ferguson

      November 08, 2014 at 12:53 am

      G'day! YUM Thanks for coming and sharing at our #SayGdayParty Please make sure to revisit if you haven't already and say G'day to the hosts and another person at the party Pinned all of your submissions and new FB liker! Cheers! Joanne What's On The List? Sharing is Caring!

    9. Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness

      November 12, 2014 at 8:44 am

      YUM! These look great! Thanks for linking up with Show Stopper Saturday!

    10. Dee

      October 08, 2016 at 3:40 am

      Yum -- these look wonderful! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday. 🙂

    11. Jamie

      October 08, 2016 at 4:58 pm

      Yum - those look amazing! Pinning to try. 🙂 Thank you for sharing this with us at the #HomeMattersParty

    12. Karly

      October 09, 2016 at 7:26 am

      Looks delicious! Thanks for linkin' up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!

    13. Isadora Guidoni

      October 11, 2017 at 2:01 pm

      Great recipe!! I'll make this several more times, for sure. Everyone loved it!!

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