Description
Wake up your mornings with these irresistible baked coffee cake donuts topped with a luscious vanilla glaze. This easy recipe delivers a soft, fluffy texture with a buttery cinnamon crumb topping that melts in your mouth. Perfect as a quick breakfast, sweet snack, or cozy brunch addition, these donuts bring bakery-style flavor right into your kitchen.
Ingredients
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup unsalted butter melted
2 large eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup unsalted butter cold
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 pinch salt
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a donut pan
2. Mix crumb topping ingredients until coarse crumbs form and chill
3. Whisk together all dry ingredients in a large bowl
4. In another bowl, mix buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla
5. Combine wet and dry ingredients gently without overmixing
6. Pipe batter into donut pan filling each cavity 3/4 full
7. Sprinkle crumb topping evenly over batter
8. Bake for 12–15 minutes until golden and set
9. Cool donuts briefly in pan then transfer to rack
10. Whisk glaze ingredients until smooth
11. Dip or drizzle glaze over cooled donuts
12. Let glaze set and serve fresh
Notes
Use room temperature ingredients for best texture
Keep butter cold for crumb topping
Cool donuts before glazing for best results
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Breakfast / Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 donut
- Calories: 240
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 180mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 32g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 45mg