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dad's cake doughnuts

(5 RATINGS)
889 Pinches 17 Photos
lynstarr avatar
Bakersfield, CA
Updated on May 4, 2020

Dad made these doughnuts at Halloween for trick or treaters when we were little in the early '50s. You could hand out homemade goodies then! He fried the doughnuts in the frying pan with oil, then shook them in a bag of powdered sugar - YUMMMM.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

We are always partial to old-fashioned recipes and loved Lyn's memories of her dad making these cake doughnuts. It's a great recipe for kids to help with. They can help cut out the doughnuts and cover them with powdered sugar. Making the dough takes a little work, but when coated in powdered sugar these cake doughnuts are divine. The texture is a little dense and they're perfectly sweet.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 20 Min
cook time 5 Min
method Deep Fry
yield 24 doughnuts

Ingredients

  • oil, for frying
  • 3 - eggs, well beaten
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
  • 2 cups whole milk
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for rolling out
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

How To Make dad's cake doughnuts

  • Heating oil in a skillet.
    Step 1
    Heat the oil in a frying pan (or you can use a deep fryer) to about 375 degrees F.
  • Whisking eggs in a bowl.
    Step 2
    In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs.
  • Beating sugar into the eggs.
    Step 3
    Add the sugar and beat well.
  • Adding melted butter.
    Step 4
    Add the butter and beat well.
  • Stirring in milk.
    Step 5
    Add the milk and beat well.
  • Stirring in salt.
    Step 6
    Add the salt and beat well.
  • Slowly stirring in baking powder.
    Step 7
    Whisk in the baking powder.
  • Incorporating the flour.
    Step 8
    Slowly stir in the flour.
  • Dough formed in the bowl.
    Step 9
    Stir until a dough forms.
  • Cutting out the doughnuts.
    Step 10
    Roll out and cut with a doughnut cutter.
  • Frying the doughnuts.
    Step 11
    Fry in the hot oil, turning when golden brown.
  • Draining the doughnuts.
    Step 12
    Drain the doughnuts on a paper towel.
  • Powdered sugar covered doughnuts cooling.
    Step 13
    Add the powdered sugar to a paper bag. Drop the hot doughnuts into the bag and shake. Take out and cool on a wire rack.
  • Inside of Dad's Cake Doughnuts.
    Step 14
    Oooh so good and with no yeast!
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Keyword: #doughnuts
Keyword: #cake
Method: Deep Fry
Culture: American
Ingredient: Flour

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