Floor Time For Cake Donuts

Fry 2 to 3 minutes or until golden brown on both sides.

Floor time for cake donuts.

Cool slightly and frost with doughnut icing. May be frozen for up to 3 months. Wrap doughnuts in foil and transfer to a resealable freezer container. Fry doughnuts a few at a time until golden brown on both sides.

We made doughnuts and doughnut holes out of our center pieces we cut out. Bake until tops of donuts spring back when lightly pressed 12 to 14 minutes. Combine remaining sugar and cinnamon. The correct shortening temperature for frying is 370 to 380 f 188 to 193 c.

I just know you ll love this old fashioned donut recipe. This is what a cake donut usually looks like. The doughnuts need time to form maximum puffiness and for the centers to cook through which is why we cook them at a relatively low 325. The distance between the depositor and fry fat should be 1 5 to 2 inches and the distance of the drop plate to the surface of the fry fat should be 1 5 to 2 inches.

You can make the dough the night before and have them ready to go in the morning that s what i do. Give it 10 to 20 minutes of floor time before depositing it into the fryer. We are first time doughnut makers so take that for what its worth. Floor time should not exceed 30 minutes or the mix will gas off and the donuts will lose volume and shape and there will be increased shortening absorption.

I know many people don t like to fry so here are my best tips. There s nothing better than homemade doughnuts. Drain on paper towels. Real simple ingredients you already have on hand.

Remove from oil with slotted spoon. Our doughnuts came out very crunchy and greasy and not very doughy in the centers at all. What is the correct frying temperature. Toss in powdered sugar or finish with a simple glaze and sprinkles or toasted coconut you can t go wrong.

If you cook in oil that s too hot the doughnuts will be. It s firm often with a slightly crunchy exterior and a soft cake like interior. Invest in a thermometer. A cake donut is made with a sweetened dough that s leavened with the help of baking powder and is extruded into oil to cook.

The donuts have baking powder in them to help them rise instead of yeast. Each donut averages 1 5 ounces or 42 5 grams. Drain on paper towels. Roll warm doughnuts in mixture.

Fry doughnuts in oil 2 to 3 at a time turning as they rise to the surface. While cake donuts are traditionally fried they re just as delicious baked in the oven with far less cleanup. I like cake donuts better than yeast donuts. By the time we got to our holes we did them last we had it down pat.

These are cake donuts which means there is no wait time.