Ingredients
The following ingredients have 4 Servings
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1/2 cup finely grated carrots
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- blue, black, and brown food coloring
Instruction
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a donut pan with spray. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer with a paddle attachment, combine vegetable oil, sugar, vanilla extract, and eggs. Mix until combined, about 30 seconds. Add in carrots and mix until combined.
- Meanwhile in a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon. Alternate folding in the flour mixture and the buttermilk until everything is combined.
- Pour batter evenly into prepared donut molds, filling until the top crest of the mold. Bake for 15 minutes, then allow to cool slightly before inverting onto a cooling rack. Cool completely before frosting.
- Whip the butter in a standing mixer with a whisk attachment until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add in the powdered sugar, whole milk, and vanilla extract, whipping an additional minute. Add in 1 drop blue and 1/2 drop black food coloring. This should form a nice robin’s egg color. If it’s off, experiment with adding more blue and more black, but keep the color light.
- Frost donuts by dolloping 3 tablespoons of frosting onto each donut. Spread evenly over the top, then use the back of a butter knife to scrape the frosting from the inside of the donut, then the outside.
- In a tiny bowl, mix 4 drops of brown food coloring with 2 drops of water. Dip a dry 1-inch brush into mixture, then flick the brush over the donuts, creating desired egg effect 🙂
