Baked Lemon Cake Donuts
“Donuts here!! Come get your fresh lemon donuuuuts Raaaalph!!!” What movie is that line from? If you know, then you are really strange and a bit off…like me! We’ll just leave it at that. I won’t tell if you won’t.
Well folks it’s happened again!! Remember that lemon kick that I get on every year? It’s started up again!! I’ve made several pitchers of fresh lemonade, lemon ricotta cookies, lemon oatmeal (that was so gross, what was I thinking!?), and now these BAKED LEMON CAKE DONUTS!!!  Just look at them….don’t they make you feel all happy and sunny and stuff?
You guys have been asking me for a lemon cake for the longest so hopefully, these will suffice until I Â can get my sister’s lemon cake recipe. FYI: I’ve asked her for the recipe several times and she says “she needs to perfect it first”. Humph! Tasted just fine to me! I wonder if that’s her way of telling me “kick rocks lil girl!” ( I hope she’s reading this)
Oh well, these baked lemon donuts are amazing!!! I’m talking rainbows, unicorns and lollipops amazing!! Â Sweet, tart and packed with fresh happy sunny lemon flavor. They are also crazy easy to make and a 1-bowl recipe!! Â I felt all Martha Stewartish after I baked up these lemon cake donuts, piled them up on a pretty white plate and went off to fold laundry all before 11 pm.
They bake up super fluffy and have the texture of a cupcake, but only in donut form. If you prefer a tighter, denser crumb  follow the NOTES in the recipe box. Cutting back on the sugar and using oil instead of butter totally changes up the crumb texture. I prefer them light and fluffy though!
Bake up a dozen of these lemon cake donuts and give them to somebody special to brighten up their day! P.S Â You totally count as somebody special. (hint hint)
Watch me make these Baked Lemon  Cake Donuts from start to finish!
Get the Recipe: Baked Lemon Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- zest of 2-3 large lemons
- 1 egg, beaten
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
- few drops of yellow food coloring, optional
- LEMON GLAZE
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 1/4 cup hot milk
- 1 1/2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Generously grease donut pan set aside.
- In a large bowl whisk together baking powder, baking soda, sugar, and lemon zest.
- Make a well in the center of the bowl.
- Add egg, butter, sour cream, and milk to the center of the well.
- Stir only wet ingredients together.
- Once wet ingredients are combined, add in the dry ingredients and stir until combined.
- Fold in vanilla extract and food coloring.
- Add batter to a piping bag.
- Pipe batter into the doughnut pan, filling about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until donuts springs back when touched.
- Let cool in pan for 2 minutes.
- Remove donuts to a cooling rack to finish cooling completely.
- Prepare lemon glaze by combine all lemon glaze ingredients.
- Drizzle glaze over completely cooled donuts and let sit until glaze has hardened.
- Enjoy!
Notes