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MARBLED DOUGHNUTS

5 from 1 vote

Ingredients
  

BUTTERMILK DOUGHNUTS

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup cake flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 2/3 cup sugar
  • 2 egg
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla paste (or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract)
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk

ICING

  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 3-4 tablespoons milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • At least 2 different colors of food coloring
  • Toothpicks

Instructions
 

For the doughnuts:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a Doughnut Pan with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a medium bowl, combine flours, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  • In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix butter and sugar.
  • Add eggs and vanilla pasta.
  • On a low speed, add dry ingredients. Mix until combined.
  • Slowly stream in buttermilk. Mix until combined.
  • Place batter into a large piping bag.
  • Pipe batter so that each doughnut mold is 3/4 of the way full.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes.
  • Place doughnuts on wire rack to cool.

For the icing:

  • Put powdered sugar in a bowl.
  • Whisk in milk and vanilla.

For the decoration:

  • Once doughnuts are cool take them out of the pan and place on a wire rack.
  • Place a piece of parchment or wax paper under the wire rack.
  • Place about 3 tablespoons of icing into a small bowl.
  • Use toothpicks to place small splotches of food coloring all over the surface of the icing.
  • Pour icing all over the doughnuts.
  • Repeat for all the doughnuts.

Notes

*Makes 12 Doughnuts