Description
Glazed Buttermilk Donut Cake brings classic diner nostalgia to home kitchens with a moist, tender crumb that echoes beloved breakfast pastries. Sweet vanilla glaze and comforting buttermilk notes will draw you into this delightful dessert experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 ½ cups (310 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (100 g) brown sugar, packed
- ¾ cup (170 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk
- 1 ½ tsps baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups (240 g) powdered sugar
- ¼ cup (60 ml) buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat oven to 350°F and thoroughly grease a bundt pan with butter or non-stick spray, ensuring complete coverage to prevent cake from sticking.
- Dry Ingredients: Sift flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg together in a large mixing bowl, creating a uniform dry mixture with no visible lumps.
- Wet Mixture: Cream butter and sugar in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy and pale, incorporating eggs one at a time until fully integrated and smooth.
- Batter Formation: Gradually fold buttermilk and vanilla extract into the creamed mixture, alternating with the dry ingredient blend, stirring gently to maintain a light, airy consistency without overmixing.
- Baking Process: Pour batter into prepared bundt pan, spreading evenly and tapping pan gently to release any trapped air bubbles, then bake in the center of the oven for 45-50 minutes until a cake tester comes out clean.
- Cooling Technique: Remove cake from oven and let rest in pan for 10 minutes, then carefully invert onto a wire rack to cool completely, allowing structural integrity to develop.
- Glaze Preparation: Whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and slightly translucent, creating a silky drizzling consistency.
- Finishing Touch: Once cake has cooled, generously pour glaze over the top, allowing it to cascade naturally down the cake’s contours, creating an elegant, appetizing presentation.
Notes
- Prevent Lumps Carefully: Sift dry ingredients through a fine-mesh strainer to eliminate potential flour clumps, ensuring a smooth, uniform cake texture.
- Manage Mixing Technique: Fold ingredients gently using a spatula with wide, soft motions to maintain air pockets, which guarantee a light, tender crumb.
- Control Moisture Balance: Use room temperature buttermilk and eggs to create better ingredient integration and more consistent baking results.
- Glaze Application Strategy: Let cake cool completely before glazing to prevent runny, absorbed coating and achieve a picture-perfect, glossy finish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 390
- Sugar: 34 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 11 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 70 mg