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Cake Doughnuts Recipe

"I got the recipe for these yummy traditional treats from a camp cook who has prepared them for years, to the delight of campers," shares Dawn Fagerstrom of Warren, Minnesota.

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Cake Doughnuts Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 35 min.

Yield: 72 Servings

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Ingredients

2 eggs
2-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup sour cream
5 tablespoons butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
10 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2-1/2 cups buttermilk
Oil for deep-fat frying
Confectioners' sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, beat eggs; add the sugar, sour cream, butter and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, salt and nutmeg; add to sour cream mixture alternately with buttermilk.
Turn onto a lightly floured surface; roll to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. doughnut cutter.
In an electric skillet or deep-fat fryer, heat oil to 375°. Fry doughnuts, a few at a time, until golden brown on both sides. Drain on paper towels. Dust with confectioners' sugar. Yield: about 6 dozen.

Originally published as Cake Doughnuts in Taste of Home October/November 1999, p8

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 Oct. 16, 2012 by kengrants

The dough was too soft to roll out, more like a thick cake batter so I just used a cookie scoop and made doughnut holes instead. It worked pretty good. These are really moist donuts with a good flavor. They're yummy and I will be making them again.

Reviewed on Nov. 20, 2011 by bamezad@yahoo.com

we are making the donuts as I type, I recommend that you split the dough up and only make what you can. You'll make the rest the next day. They are so good and you don't need toppings. Though if you must,and need a little sugar on it. cinnamon and sugar is just fine.