Baked Vegan Blueberry Cake Donuts
Amazing blueberry baked donuts that are vegan, light, fluffy, and sweet. These cake donuts are insanely tasty and feature a simple yet delicious glaze. They are the perfect donuts to enjoy for breakfast or dessert.
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Baked Vegan Blueberry Cake Donuts
Good morning friends! I hope everyone is having a lovely day. I spent a good portion of yesterday preparing for a few very busy upcoming school weeks.
Still, I somehow found the time to take a break and bake up a delicious recipe in the kitchen – baked donuts. But these aren’t just any baked donuts. They are fluffy, moist, and packed with blueberry flavor. They also feature a delicious glaze, and they are (of course) completely vegan and dairy free.
These baked blueberry cake donuts turned out perfect, and I can’t wait for all of you to try them! Now, let’s take a look at some quick logistics for this recipe, along with the simple list of ingredients you will need to make these glazed blueberry donuts.
What Are Cake Donuts Made Of?
Cake donuts can be made from a wide variety of different ingredients. With these vegan baked cake donuts specficially, I stuck with simple ingredients for the base, such as oats and whole wheat flour. For moisture, creaminess, and sweetness, I added unsweetened applesauce, pure maple syrup, nut butter, and nut milk.
Vegan cake donuts are actually quite easy to make, especially if you have a good donut pan. I use a silicone donut pan, as I find that the donuts pop out more easily. I have the silicone donut pan I used for this recipe linked on my Amazon page (and I have linked my page a bit further down in this post).
Is A Cake Donut Fried?
A cake donut can be either baked or fried. With this recipe specifically, the blueberry donuts are baked in the oven. They turn out light, fluffy, sweet, and delicious. I love baked cake donuts, and I think you guys will too :). As mentioned above, one of the key elements you need to make baked donuts is a solid donut pan. If you have that, you can make whichever flavor of baked donuts you desire.
Baked Vegan Blueberry Cake Donuts – Ingredients
- Quick Oats – The quick oats serve as the first key ingredient used for the dry base of this recipe. They are blended up to form a fine oat flour.
- Whole Wheat Flour – The whole wheat flour is the other important ingredient used to make the dry base for these blueberry cake donuts. The whole wheat flour combines perfectly with the oat flour.
- Fresh Blueberries – The fresh blueberries are the true star of this recipe. Try to find a good pint of fresh blueberries that is nice and sweet. Sweet blueberries makes a huge difference in terms of the overall flavor for these donuts
- Coconut Sugar – The coconut sugar adds a bit of sweetness to the donut base.
- Powdered Sugar – The powdered sugar is combined with a bit of nut milk to form the glaze for these simple and delicious blueberry baked donuts.
- Baking Powder – The baking powder is the first essential leavening agent for this recipe. It helps ensure that the donuts turn out light and fluffy.
- Baking Soda – The baking soda is the second leavening agent for these baked blueberry donuts. It works together with the baking powder to achieve a light and fluffy texture.
- Nut Milk – The nut milk serves as an important source of liquid for this baked blueberry donuts recipe. It adds creaminess and moisture to the donuts. I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk, but you can use whichever kind of nut milk you have on hand or enjoy most.
- Pure Maple Syrup – The pure maple syrup serves as the main source of sweetness for this baked donut recipe. It is one of my favorite ingredients to use in baked goods, and it pairs extremely well with the other ingredients in this recipe.
- Almond Butter – The almond butter serves as the key fat source in this recipe. You might be able to use another nut or seed butter, although I haven’t tried any substitutions.
- Unsweetened Applesauce – The unsweetened applesauce adds moisture and natural sweetness to these blueberry baked donuts. It is a very important ingredient that you definitely do not want to omit.
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Baked Vegan Blueberry Cake Donuts
Ingredients
Donuts
- 3/4 cup quick oats (blended into an oat flour)
- 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp whole wheat flour
- 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp fresh blueberries
- 2 tbsp coconut sugar
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 cup nut milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
- 3 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp creamy almond butter
- 1 tbsp unsweetened applesauce
Donut Glaze
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp nut milk (I used unsweetened vanilla almond milk)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F.
- Add the oats, whole wheat flour, coconut sugar, baking powder, and baking soda to a mixing bowl.
- Mix all dry ingredients to combine thoroughly.
- Make a well in the center of the bowl, then add the nut milk, maple syrup, almond butter, and applesauce.
- Mix the liquid ingredients together, then combine the wet ingredients with the dry.
- Gently fold in the blueberries.
- Spoon the batter into a greased donut pan.
- Bake the donuts for about 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let the donuts cool completely, then remove them from the donut pan.
- In a small dish, combine the powdered sugar and nut milk to form a glaze.
- Add an equal amount of glaze on top of each donut.
- Place the donuts in the refrigerator to allow the glaze to harden.
- Dig in and enjoy your donuts!
Notes
I hope you all love these simple, delicious, light, and fluffy blueberry cake donuts. As per usual, I will be back with another blog post very soon!
-Alyssa 🙂
