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Plain Cake Doughnuts
A simple cake doughnut lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. Coat with cinnamon-sugar, or an icing sugar glaze.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 2 cups plain flour
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 dash ground nutmeg
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 egg, beaten
- 1 litre oil for frying
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:15min ›
Ready in:25min
- Heat oil in deep-fryer to 190 degrees C.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, cinnamon and nutmeg. Mix in butter until crumbly.
- Stir in milk and egg until smooth. Knead lightly, then turn out onto a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat to 1/2cm thickness. Cut with a doughnut cutter, or use two round biscuit cutters of different sizes.
- Carefully drop doughnuts into hot oil, a few at a time. Do not overcrowd pan or oil may overflow. Fry, turning once, for 3 minutes or until golden. Drain on paper towels.
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Reviews and Ratings
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Reviews in English (351)
OK, I had to just laugh at some of the reviews I read..... All those complaints about heaviness and density! Helloooooo??? These are not your Krispy Kreme yeast-raised doughnuts! They are traditional CAKE doughnuts. They are MEANT to be a dense and heavy type of doughnut! I read up on the reviews, heeded some advice and began with a little extra flour in my dough. The time listed from start to end for this recipe was 25 minutes, and it was RIGHT ON! I whipped these up, rolled them out, cut and fried. My daughter rolled in sugar/cinnamon...and my family of five wolfed them down! No problems here! Nice recipe. Simple and easy dough product. Fun and delicious! - 06 Mar 2007 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I used to work at a bakery and made all of the doughnuts there. These are pretty good, but need more cinnamon and nutmeg. I also needed to add more flour to successfully roll these out, but don't add any more than what you need to be able to roll them out without making a huge mess. The oil temperature is super important for cooking these just right. - 10 Feb 2008 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
These doughnuts are SO EASY to make. I have never made doughnuts before, but they turned out wonderful ~ Crispy outside, soft moist inside! They were great just plain without the cinnamon-sugar on them, but were excellent when that was added! A new breakfast treat for my boys! - 14 Sep 2002 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)