Peeps Baked Lemon Cake Donuts
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Peeps Baked Lemon Cake Donuts
Description
This recipe blends all-purpose and whole wheat pastry flour with sugar, baking powder, and salt to form the dry base. The wet ingredients include eggs, milk, applesauce, oil, lemon juice, vanilla extract, and fresh lemon zest, which infuse the batter with moisture and citrus notes. Mixing the wet and dry components until just combined keeps the donuts tender.
The batter is spooned into a greased donut pan and baked at 350°F until lightly golden. Once cooled, each donut is dipped in a lemon glaze made from powdered sugar and fresh lemon juice, adding a tangy sweetness. The final decoration with marshmallow Peeps and candy grass creates a cheerful, springtime presentation suitable for festive occasions or themed treats.
Ingredients
DONUT
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg large
- 1/3 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons neutral cooking oil canola, generic cooking oil
- 3 tablespoons applesauce unsweetened
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
GLAZE
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice freshly squeezed
GARNISH
- marshmallow PEEPS
- green candy shred grass
- mini jelly beans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a donut pan and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl whisk the flours, sugar, baking powder and salt together.
- In a medium bowl whisk the eggs together with the milk apple sauce, oil, lemon juice and vanilla extract. After combined add the lemon zest.
- Pour the et mixture into the dry ingredients and fold together until combined (don't beat or over mix).
- Spoon the batter into the donut pan filling 3/4 full. Bake for 20 minutes or until light golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes before putting them on a wire cooling rack.
- GLAZE
- Mix until powdered sugar with one tablespoon of the lemon juice. Add more until desired consistency. Dip each donut in the glaze and place on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper or foil. Add candy grass and gently add Marshmallow Peep in the center of the donut. Decorate with jelly beans and let set.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8Servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 339 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1g | |
| Calories | 339kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 61g | 20% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 5g | 29% |
| Cholesterol | 53mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 257mg | 11% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 26g | 52% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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