GIANT VANILLA DONUT CAKE
There's something sweetly nostalgic about vanilla birthday cake-though this guy has a little more flavor than the shop-bought fondant versions I remember as a kid and is super fun to make. Also, who doesn't want a giant donut for their birthday, amirite?
Provided by Vicky Graham
Categories Small Plates Dessert Kid-Friendly Birthday Vanilla Cake
Yield Makes 1 (23 cm/9 in) cake
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180ºC (350ºF/Gas 4) and liberally grease the savarin tin (mold) with butter.
- Put the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and whisk until pale and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs, one at a time, adding a spoonful of flour with each egg. Gently fold in the rest of the flour, baking powder and salt, trying not to overwork it. Add the milk if it seems stiff.
- Place the mixture into the cake tin and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, or until skewer or cocktail stick inserted in the centre should comes out clean. Leave to cool before transferring to a wire rack.
- Place the icing sugar, vanilla bean paste and half the milk into a bowl and stir.
- Gradually add the rest of the milk, while mixing, until you end up with a smooth mixture. Add a drop of pink food coloring. Mix together and set aside.
- To make the giant sprinkles, divide the fondant into 4 even pieces and color each one with each of the shades of food coloring.
- Using the palms of your hands, make small sausage shapes of around 1 1/4 cm (1/2 in) width with each of the colors. With a sharp knife, cut 3 cm (1 1/4 in) lengths from each sausage shape to make giant sprinkles.
- Turn the cooled cake out onto a stand or dish. Give the icing a quick stir then pour it over the cake. Be quick and confident with it-you don't want it to begin to set before you've finished covering the cake, otherwise lumps will form. If the icing seems too thick, warm it up a little either in the microwave for a few seconds or in a pan on a low heat.
- While the icing is still damp, press the fondant sprinkles onto the cake in a random formation.
- Let the icing set before slicing up to serve!
CLASSIC GLAZED DOUGHNUTS
Homemade doughnuts are a bit of a project, but they're less work than you might think, and the result is a truly great, hot, crisp doughnut. Once you've mastered this basic recipe for a fluffy, yeasted doughnut, you can do pretty much anything you like in terms of glazes, toppings and fillings.
Provided by Mark Bittman
Categories dessert
Time 3h
Yield About 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat the milk until it is warm but not hot, about 90 degrees. In a large bowl, combine it with the yeast. Stir lightly, and let sit until the mixture is foamy, about 5 minutes.
- Using an electric mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, beat the eggs, butter, sugar and salt into the yeast mixture. Add half of the flour (2 cups plus 2 tablespoons), and mix until combined, then mix in the rest of the flour until the dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Add more flour, about 2 tablespoons at a time, if the dough is too wet. If you're using an electric mixer, the dough will probably become too thick to beat; when it does, transfer it to a floured surface, and gently knead it until smooth. Grease a large bowl with a little oil. Transfer the dough to the bowl, and cover. Let rise at room temperature until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
- Turn the dough out onto a well-floured surface, and roll it to 1/2-inch thickness. Cut out the doughnuts with a doughnut cutter, concentric cookie cutters or a drinking glass and a shot glass (the larger one should be about 3 inches in diameter), flouring the cutters as you go. Reserve the doughnut holes. If you're making filled doughnuts, don't cut out the middle. Knead any scraps together, being careful not to overwork, and let rest for a few minutes before repeating the process.
- Put the doughnuts on two floured baking sheets so that there is plenty of room between each one. Cover with a kitchen towel, and let rise in a warm place until they are slightly puffed up and delicate, about 45 minutes. If your kitchen isn't warm, heat the oven to 200 at the beginning of this step, then turn off the heat, put the baking sheets in the oven and leave the door ajar.
- About 15 minutes before the doughnuts are done rising, put the oil in a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven over medium heat, and heat it to 375. Meanwhile, line cooling racks, baking sheets or plates with paper towels.
- Carefully add the doughnuts to the oil, a few at a time. If they're too delicate to pick up with your fingers (they may be this way only if you rose them in the oven), use a metal spatula to pick them up and slide them into the oil. It's O.K. if they deflate a bit; they'll puff back up as they fry. When the bottoms are deep golden, after 45 seconds to a minute, use a slotted spoon to flip; cook until they're deep golden all over. Doughnut holes cook faster. Transfer the doughnuts to the prepared plates or racks, and repeat with the rest of the dough, adjusting the heat as needed to keep the oil at 375. Glaze or fill as follows, and serve as soon as possible.
- Whisk together 2 cups powdered sugar, 1/4 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla until smooth. When the doughnuts are cool enough to handle, dip into the glaze; if you like, flip them so the tops they're completely covered. Put on racks to let the glaze harden.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 427, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 60 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 7 grams, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 219 milligrams, Sugar 25 grams, TransFat 0 grams
GIANT FROSTED DONUT CAKE
Make and share this Giant Frosted Donut Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by A Joyful Riot
Categories Dessert
Time 34m
Yield 1 Large donut cake, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Mix batter according to package or recipe directions.
- Divide batter equally into two donut bundt pans.
- Bake for the suggested amount of time (found on the box of cake mix).
- Remove cakes from oven and allow to completely cool, about 2 hours.
- Remove cooled cakes from pans and place them flat side down on a parchment paper covered plate.
- Transfer cakes to freezer and allow to harden, about 1 hour and up to two days.
- When the cakes are hard, remove them from the freezer and turn them upside down on a level surface (cutting board or plate).
- Use a sharp knife to level the flat side of the cakes off a bit.
- Taking the melon baller, scoop out a ring around the middle of each cake.
- Spoon about half of your frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large round tip, #2A or bigger.
- Fill the scooped out portion of the cakes with this frosting.
- Place one cake on top of the other, flat sides together to form a giant donut cake.
- Frost the top of the donut with the remaining frosting.
- Place sixlet "sprinkles" randomly over the top of the cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 237, Fat 9.2, SaturatedFat 1.7, Sodium 104.3, Carbohydrate 38.5, Sugar 35.8
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