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Cake Doughnut Mix Recipe

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In Queensburg, New York, Diane Terry relies on a nicely spiced combination of ingredients to prepare these delicious doughnuts. They're terrific served warm with hot coffee or cold milk.

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Cake Doughnut Mix Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 5 min.

Yield: 24 Servings

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Ingredients

4-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup nonfat dry milk powder
1 cup sugar
2 tablespoons baking powder
1-1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/2 cups shortening
ADDITIONAL INGREDIENTS (for each batch of doughnuts):
2 eggs
1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Oil for deep-fat frying
Confectioners' sugar, optional

Directions

In a large bowl, combine the flour, milk powder, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg; cut in shortening until crumbly. Store in an airtight container in a cool dry place for up to 6 months. Yield: 2 batches (about 9 cups total).
To prepare doughnuts: Place 4-1/2 cups doughnut mix in a large bowl. Combine eggs, milk and vanilla; stir into doughnut mix just until moistened. Turn dough onto a floured surface; knead 15-20 times. Pat dough out to 1/2-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 3-in. doughnut cutter.
In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry a few doughnuts at a time, until golden brown, about 1-1/2 minutes on each side. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Serve warm. Yield: about 1 dozen.

Editor's Note: Contents of mix may settle during storage. When preparing recipe, spoon mix into measuring cup.

Originally published as Cake Doughnut Mix in Quick Cooking March/April 2004, p22

Big Batch Baked Goods

We enjoy homemade baked goods for breakfast, but I don’t have time to bake each morning before school. So I devote 1 day a month to making large batches of cinnamon rolls, doughnuts, cream cheese rolls and muffins. I place them in heavy-duty resealable plastic bags labeled with the date. (They freeze for about 2 months.) On busy mornings, it’s a snap to pop a few in the microwave to warm. The kids love the fresh-baked flavor. —Lori T., New London, Texas

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Reviewed on Dec. 29, 2012 by Trish725

To Baruba: If your oil is not hot enough, then your doughnuts will fall apart. Of course, the higher altitude could also be a problem. I thought most people who live in higher altitudes knew how to compensate for it in their cooking.

Reviewed on Apr. 07, 2010 by Baruba

I couldn't get the batter to hold together while frying. I like @ an elevation of over 4000ft and that may have impacted the water flour ratio. I ended up dumping the rest of the batter in a cake pan and baking it. The flavor of the baked stuff was fine.