These baked pumpkin donuts are ready to eat in about 30 minutes fresh from your oven. Made from scratch, these pumpkin spice cake donuts are the perfect fall treat for breakfast or dessert. You are going to love this easy donut recipe.

If you love pumpkin season desserts, you will love these pumpkin spice cake donuts. They are easy to make and ready to eat in about 30 minutes. They are baked donuts, not fried. Plus you can eat these delicious homemade cake donuts with or without the maple icing.

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Pumpkin Spice Donut Ingredients

Simple ingredients that you can find at your grocery store. Most will likely already be in your cabinets.

• 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of pure pumpkin puree, like this (Not pumpkin pie filling)
• 1/4 cup milk (you can substitute pumpkin spice creamer)
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup coconut oil (you can substitute olive oil)
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice, like this
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp baking soda

Maple Glaze Ingredients

• 1/4 cup salted butter
• 1/4 cup maple syrup
• 1 Tbsp milk (can substitute pumpkin spice creamer)
• 1 tsp maple extract
• 1 1/4 cup powdered sugar

Tools Needed

Donut pan, like this. You can use a mini donut pan or one for full size donuts. The number of donuts you make will depend on the size pan you use.

A large mixing bowl for the wet ingredients. You will pour the dry ingredients into this bowl which is why it needs to be large.

A medium mixing bowl for mixing the dry ingredients.

Whisk for mixing the recipe together. Mix the dry ingredients first so you won’t need to get two whisks dirty.

Measuring cup and measuring spoons.

Piping bag or sandwich bag for piping the pumpkin doughnut batter into the baking pan.

Scraper Spatula for scraping the bowl.

Donut Recipe Directions

Y’all this recipe is so easy you won’t even need to drag out a mixer. A good whisk is all you need and a couple of mixing bowls. Let’s get started baking some delicious homemade pumpkin donuts.

First

Preheat the oven to 350°.

In a large bowl, add the pumpkin puree, eggs, milk, coconut oil and vanilla extract. Whisk everything together until well combined. Set aside.

Two

In a medium bowl, add the flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, pumpkin spice, and salt. Whisk until well combined.

BAKING TIP

Always measure your flour into the measuring cup and use the back of a knife to scrape the flour off level with the top of the cup for an exact measurement.

Three

Add the dry mixture to the pumpkin mixture and mix until smooth.

Spray your donut baking pan with nonstick spray.

Bake

Now, spoon or pour the donut batter into a piping bag or use a ziptop bag with a corner snipped off. Fill each section of the donut baking pan about ¾ full.

Bake the donuts in the middle of the oven for about 12-14 minutes, or until fully cooked. You can use the toothpick test to check if they are done. A toothpick inserted into the center that comes out clean means they are done.

Cool then frost

Remove from the oven and cool on a cooling rack before frosting.

While the donuts are cooling, prepare the maple glaze.

Maple Glaze Recipe

A quick and easy maple frosting or glaze. I dipped my donuts but you can pour the glaze over the top if you like. Just sit your cooled donuts onto a wire rack over a baking pan to catch the drippings.

Measure the powdered sugar into a medium bowl.

In a medium bowl, melt the butter. Then add the maple syrup and milk to the melted butter and stir to combine.

Now add the powdered sugar and whisk until smooth.

Once your pumpkin cake donuts are cooled, dip each donut in the glaze on the top half of the donut.

Optional: Dust your frosted donuts with a little cinnamon. Maybe dust a few with cinnamon, leave some without.

Serve and enjoy!

This recipe is so simple. You whisk together the wet ingredients and you whisk together the dry ingredients. Then you combine the two and whisk some more. Then you pour and bake. The final result is delicious homemade cake donuts. Plus your house smells ahhmazing!

Serve your homemade pumpkin cake donuts for a delicious fall breakfast or dessert. They are great to take to a potluck or an office party because they are finger food.

Storage

You can store your pumpkin doughnuts in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for a couple of days if you have any leftovers.
Make these a day ahead to take to Autumn parties.

You might also like these donut recipes

• Air Fryer Donuts with Biscuits you can frost and decorate
• No Bake Reindeer Donuts the kids love at Christmas
• Fried Biscuit doughnuts are another quick and easy donut dessert recipe

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