Red Velvet Donuts

Mini baked red velvet donuts with cream cheese glazes and meringue sprinkles

Posted by Cat Morley

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You Will Need (18 things)

  • For the red velvet donuts

  • 140 g Plain Flour
  • 140 g Sugar
  • 40 g Cocoa
  • ½ tsp Baking Soda
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 125 ml Buttermilk
  • 60 ml Oil
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Paste
  • ½ tsp Vinegar
  • 1 Egg
  • Wilton's No-Taste Red Food Colouring
  • 100 g Cream Cheese
  • 75 g Icing Sugar
  • 2 tbsp Milk
  • 1 tbsp Lemon Juice

  • For the cream cheese glaze

  • Meringue pieces to sprinkle on top

Steps (10 steps, 45 minutes)

  1. 1

    Whisk together the plain flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.

  2. 2

    In another bowl, whisk together the egg, buttermilk, oil, vanilla, vinegar and red food colouring until you get a nice colour of red.

  3. 3

    Mix the flour mixture into the milk.

  4. 4

    Spoon the batter into a donut baking tray.

  5. 5

    Bake for 10 minutes at 180'C.

  6. 6

    Whisk together the cream cheese and icing sugar for the frosting.

  7. 7

    Stir in the milk and lemon juice.

  8. 8

    Dip each donut in the glaze

  9. 9

    Sprinkle the donuts with meringue sprinkles.

  10. 10

    Leave the glaze to set and serve!