Description
Rustic seasonal pumpkin cake doughnuts provide a delightful autumn treat perfect for weekend baking. Warm spices and rich pumpkin flavor combine in these simple, comforting pastries you’ll savor with morning coffee or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ½ cups / 340g pumpkin purée
- 3 large eggs
- 1 to 1 ½ cups / 198g to 298g granulated sugar
- ½ cup / 99g vegetable oil
- 1 ¾ cups + 2 tbsps / 227g all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsps salt
- 1 ½ tsps baking powder
- 1 ½ tsps pumpkin pie spice (or ¾ tsp cinnamon plus heaping ¼ tsp each nutmeg and ginger)
Instructions
- Preparation: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and lightly grease doughnut pans or muffin tins with non-stick cooking spray, ensuring complete coverage.
- Mixing Base: Whisk together vegetable oil, whole eggs, granulated sugar, pumpkin purée, pumpkin pie spice, salt, and baking powder in a large mixing bowl until the mixture achieves a silky, uniform texture.
- Batter Formation: Gently fold all-purpose flour into the wet ingredients, stirring delicately to create a smooth batter without overworking the mixture.
- Pan Filling: Transfer the batter into prepared pans, filling each cavity about 3/4 full to allow room for rising during baking.
- Baking Process: Slide the pans into the preheated oven and bake for 15-18 minutes for doughnuts (or 23-25 minutes for muffins), verifying doneness by inserting a cake tester that comes out clean.
- Cooling and Finishing: Let the baked doughnuts rest in the pan for 5 minutes, then carefully release from the edges and transfer to a wire rack.
- Final Touch: While still warm, coat the doughnuts in a cinnamon-sugar or pumpkin spice-sugar blend, ensuring an even, delectable outer layer before serving immediately.
Notes
- Prevent Overmixing: Stir flour gently to maintain a light, tender texture and avoid dense, tough doughnuts.
- Pan Versatility: No doughnut pan? Muffin tins work perfectly as an alternative baking option.
- Moisture Magic: Pumpkin purée ensures incredibly moist and soft doughnuts with rich autumn flavor.
- Coating Technique: Roll warm doughnuts in sugar mixture immediately after cooling for maximum flavor absorption and crisp exterior.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Breakfast, Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 160mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 1g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 40mg