Enjoy this festive Mardi Gras King Cake Donut Recipe for dessert in place of a traditional king cake or even for a decadent breakfast on Fat Tuesday!
These cake mix donuts look like miniature King Cakes! They are bright and fun with purple, green, and gold frosting drizzled over the donuts. Using a basic white cake mix is an easy way to make a treat to enjoy during your Mardi Gras celebration.
You can serve these for dessert as mini King Cakes or as a special breakfast treat on Fat Tuesday. Who could resist starting or ending the day with this King Cake Donut Recipe?
While this recipe uses a cake mix and premade colored icing, you can use your favorite white frosting or this homemade buttercream frosting to ice the donuts using the tips below.
Making the Icing for a King Cake
You can substitute white frosting or homemade buttercream frosting and then use food coloring to create the purple, green, and yellow frosting.
If you using white frosting and food coloring: separate the frosting into 3 separate bowls. Give each bowl a drop of food coloring (purple, green and yellow) and stir in the food coloring. Microwave each bowl of frosting for 5-10 second to soften. Scoop each colored frosting into a small sandwich baggy. Snip one corner using a pair of scissors and gently squeeze frosting from the baggy onto the treats in a back and forth motion. Repeat with the other colors.
King Cake Donut Recipe
Makes approximately 18 donuts
Ingredients:
- 1 box of white cake mix, any brand
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- Yellow frosting
- Purple frosting
- Green frosting
Supplies
- (2) 6 count donut pans
- Kitchen scissors
- Large freezer bag
- parchment paper or wax paper
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray the donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine the cake mix, egg, oil and water mixing well.
- Scoop the donut batter into a large freezer bag. Seal and snip the corner with a pair of scissors. Fill each donut well about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Remove the pans from the oven and let the donuts cool.
- Line a large baking sheet with wax or parchment paper.
- Use a butter knife to gently lift the donuts from the pan and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Heat each of the colored frostings in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Start with one of the icings and squeeze in a back and forth motion over the doughnuts. Then repeat with the other two colors.
- Let the icing harden.
Printable Recipe for King Cake Donuts
King Cake Donut Recipe
Use a white cake mix to make donuts, then drizzle with purple, green, and yellow icing to make miniature King Cakes.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 box of white cake mix any brand
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup water
- Yellow frosting
- Purple frosting
- Green frosting
Instructions
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray the donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Combine the cake mix, egg, oil and water mixing well.
- Scoop the donut batter into a large freezer bag. Seal and snip the corner with a pair of scissors. Fill each donut well about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes.
- Remove the pans from the oven and let the donuts cool.
- Line a large baking sheet with wax or parchment paper.
- Use a butter knife to gently lift the donuts from the pan and place on the prepared baking sheet.
- Heat each of the colored frostings in the microwave for 10 seconds.
- Start with one of the icings and squeeze in a back and forth motion over the doughnuts. Then repeat with the other two colors.
- Let the icing harden.
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