Donut cake was on my list of recipes to try ever since my sister told me about it over a month ago. It was a fun little cake to make! Reminds me of this Crumb (Coffee) Cake we used to make pretty frequently.
We enjoyed the Donut Cake by itself the first day, and got fancy the second day by adding some vanilla ice cream and blackberries on the side.
Donut Cake (Pumpkin Spice)
Ingredients:
- 1 1/4 C. all-purpose flour
- 1/2 C. brown sugar
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (I was all out of pumpkin pie spice so just used a blend of cinnamon, ground cloves, nutmeg and powdered ginger)
- 2 1/2 Tbsp. coconut oil, melted
- 1/2 C. milk
- 1/4 C. pumpkin puree
Ingredients for the topping:
- 1 1/2 Tbsp. melted coconut oil
- 1/3 C. granulated sugar (although I think I might cut it to at least 1/4 C. next time. Maybe even 2 Tbsp.)
- 1/2 Tbsp. cinnamon
- a pinch of nutmeg
- a pinch of ground cloves
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and lightly grease an 8×8 inch glass baking dish with cooking spray or coconut oil.
- In a bowl, whisk together flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and pumpkin spice.
- In a microwave-safe glass mixing bowl, combine the coconut oil and milk. Microwave for about a minute, or until the coconut oil is melted (I usually microwave the coconut oil by itself first, then add the milk and microwave a bit more so the cold milk doesn’t cause the oil to get clumpy). Stir in the pumpkin puree.
- Fold the dry ingredients into the bowl with the wet ingredients (try not to over-mix).
- Pour donut cake batter into the greased baking dish and bake in preheated oven for about 18-20 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and let cool to room temperature. Use a clean pinky finger (your kids might want to help with this part) to poke some holes in the cake.
- Mix the topping ingredients together. Spoon onto cake and even it out, making sure some of the cinnamon/sugar goodness gets into those little holes you just poked.
Enjoy!
*Inspired by Alissa and THIS recipe.
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Donut Cake (Pumpkin Spice)
Jill
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