We are huge fans of anything red velvet and these Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Baked Doughnuts are on the top of that list. The moistness and sweet taste of these doughnuts makes them the perfect treat to bring to any Valentine’s Day party. Make them for your special someone and enjoy them for a Valentine’s night dessert. Doughnuts are so classic, you can’t go wrong with a sweet treat such as these.
Jewels had been wanting to make doughnuts in the new doughnut pan we just bought on Amazon. These doughnut pans are great to use since the doughnuts came out easily and the pan cleaned up really well. With Valentine’s Day approaching, we knew we wanted to showcase a red or pink doughnut, then came the thought of red velvet.
Every Christmas we always make our award winning Red Velvet Cake Balls for our family, friends, and neighbors. These cake balls are made with cream cheese frosting so the thought of doughnuts with a cream cheese frosting, it was a no brainer.
Baking Supplies You Will Need
Have A Decorating Party
Kids will love making these doughnuts and especially decorating them. Put out a spread of sprinkles, frostings, and other topping favorites and you can have yourself a playdate party or a fun activity to do at your child’s birthday party.
It doesn’t take too long to get all the ingredients for these Valentine’s Day Red Velvet Baked Doughnuts together. Once prepared they only take 10-12 minutes to bake. Since these doughnuts are made with your most common baking staples, you more than likely have most of the ingredients on hand in the pantry.
Storage and Freezing
Storing: Store any leftover doughnuts in an airtight container in the refrigerator. They are best if you eat them within a couple of days, but they should be good for up to 5 days,
Freezing: If you don’t want to eat all of the doughnuts now, you can freeze them. Put them in the refrigerator first so the frosting can harden. Then after a while, wrap them in Handi Wrap then in Aluminum Foil. I then place them in a gallon sized freezer bag and then lay flat in the freezer. You can freeze these muffins for up to 3 months. You can remove them one at a time and let them thaw at room temperature.
Create your own Topping Variation
These doughnuts can be modified to your child’s liking. Instead of doughnut crumbs feel free to add whatever your child enjoys eating. Here are some suggestions.
Doughnut Topping Variations
- Sprinkles
- Shredded Coconut
- Chocolate Chips & Peanut Butter Chips
- Your Child’s favorite cereal
- Dried Fruit
Baked Red Velvet Doughnuts with Cream Cheese Topping
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy8
servings30
minutes10
minutesIngredients
1 cup flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 1/2 tbsp melted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 tsp red food coloring
1 large egg
- Cream Cheese Topping
2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 oz cream cheese (soft)
3 tbsp butter (soft)
2 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl mix flour, cocoa powder, brown sugar, salt and baking powder till combined.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix buttermilk, melted butter, vanilla and egg together.
- Combine wet ingredients into the dry ingredients bowl. Stir but do not over mix.
- Add in your red food coloring and gently fold it into the mixture.
- Grease doughnut pans and scoop mixture into pans filling to top.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Let cool 5 minutes then remove from pan.
- Cream Cheese Frosting
- Using a stand mixer with paddle attachment, beat the cream cheese, butter and vanilla on medium speed.
- Turn mixer to low and add in sugar a little at a time.
- Add in milk.
- Beat on medium speed until smooth.
