Baked Carrot Cake Donuts with Honey Butter Glaze
Simple baked carrot cake donuts with lots of spices and an easy honey butter glaze!
Servings 18 donuts
Ingredients
Carrot Cake Donuts:
- 2 c. flour
- 1/2 c. sugar
- 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. cardamom
- 1 egg slightly beaten
- 1 c. buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 c. finely shredded carrots
Honey Butter Glaze:
- 3 tbsp. honey
- 3 tbsp. melted butter
- pinch of cardamom
- 2 c. powdered sugar
Instructions
For donuts:
- Coat 2 regular-sized donut pans with cooking spray. (Regular-sized donut pans typically have 6 cavities.)
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugars, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom.
- In another bowl, whisk together egg, buttermilk, and carrots.
- Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until just combined.
- Pour batter into a gallon-sized ziploc bag, and snip off the corner of the bag.
- Pipe the batter into the baking pans, filling each donut cup about 3/4 full.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for 5 minutes, then flip the pans over and tap the donuts out onto a wire rack. Cool completely.
For glaze:
- In a small bowl, combine honey, butter, cardamom, and powdered sugar. Whisk until smooth.
- To glaze the donut, dunk the donut into the bowl of glaze, covering about 2/3 of the donut. Allow the excess glaze to run off.
- Place the donuts back on the wire rack to set for about 10-15 minutes before eating. Enjoy!