DOUGHNUTS

What a winner! These taste exactly like hot cross buns, I’m so proud of these beauties. I used a mini doughnut maker, you can use a muffin tray which would make a round bake or a doughnut baking tray.

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INGREDIENTS:

200g Cake Flour

125g White Sugar

2 Tsp Baking Powder

1/2 Tsp Salt

2 Tsp Ground Cinnamon

1/2 Tsp Ground Ginger

1/2 Tsp Ground Nutmeg

1/4 Tsp Allspice

1/2 Cup Milk

50g Melted Butter

1/2 Tsp Vanilla Essence

1 Large Egg

1/2 Cup Raisins (optional)

METHOD :

1. Oven: Preheat oven to 180 C and prepare doughnut or muffin pans by spraying with non-stick spray. Doughnut maker: Preheat doughnut-maker for 5 minutes prior to baking doughnuts.

2. In a large bowl, add the Cake Flour, White Sugar, Baking Powder, Salt, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Ginger, Ground Nutmeg and Allspice. Mix the dry ingredients together using a whisk.

3. Add Milk, Melted Butter, Vanilla Essence and the Large Egg to the dry ingredients and whisk together until well combined. Add the Raisins to the batter if you prefer. The batter should be thick and smooth.

4. Add batter to doughnut pans or doughnut maker and bake for either 15 minutes in the oven or 3 minutes in the doughnut maker. Doughnut should be golden brown.

5. Allow to cool before decorating.

6. For Cross decoration: Mix together ½ Cup of Icing Sugar with 2 Tsp Hot Water, Whisk together until smooth, add to a piping bag and add cross decoration to doughnuts once cooled.