Hello friends, welcome to Donuts Recipes. Today we are going to make Old Fashioned Cake Donuts.

This is a recipe handed down from my Mother to me. My family tradition is to make these old-fashioned cake donuts Christmas morning. Enjoy! Roll warm donuts in sugar and cinnamon, if desired.

Recipe Summary for Old Fashioned Cake Donuts

• preparation time: 20 minutes
• cook: 5 minutes
• additional: 25 minutes
• total: 50 minutes
• Servings: 6

Ingredients for Old Fashioned Cake Donuts

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup white sugar
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup vegetable oil for frying

Directions for Old Fashioned Cake Donuts

1. Beat eggs in the bowl of a stand mixer until whipped to a creamy color. Mix in sugar gradually until well blended. Mix in buttermilk and vanilla extract. Mix in butter.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt together in a separate bowl. Beat 1/2 of the mixture into the sugar mixture until well blended; beat in remaining 1/2. Let batter rest for 20 minutes.
3. Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
4. Turn dough out onto a floured surface and knead as little as possible until it comes together. Roll dough out using a rolling pin until it is 3/8-inch thick; cut into donut shapes.
5. Lower donuts carefully into the hot oil and cook until light brown, 2 to 3 minutes, turning once. Remove from oil and let cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition’s information in Old Fashioned Cake Donuts

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Calories: 595
• % Daily Value *
• protein: 10g 20 %
• carbohydrates: 83.5g 27 %
• dietary fiber: 1.7g 7 %
• sugars: 35.7g
• fat: 24.7g 38 %
• saturated fat: 6.2g 31 %
• cholesterol: 73.8mg 25 %
• vitamin a iu: 210.3IU 4 %
• niacin equivalents: 5.8mg 44 %
• vitamin b6: 0.1mg 4 %
• vitamin c: 0.4mg 1 %
• folate: 124.6mcg 31 %
• calcium: 112.8mg 11 %
• iron: 3.3mg 19 %
• magnesium: 21.1mg 8 %
• potassium: 154.8mg 4 %
• sodium: 579.6mg 23 %
• thiamin: 0.5mg 52 %
• calories from fat: 222.5