Old Fashioned Cake Doughnuts
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Recipe type: Breakfast
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Serves: about 1½ dozen
 
Ingredients
  • 1¼ cup sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • ¾ cup sour cream
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 5 to 5½ cups all-purpose flour
  • oil for deep frying (I use peanut oil for frying)
    FOR THE ICING
  • 2-3 cups powdered sugar
  • 2-3 tablespoons heavy cream or milk (I like the flavor of heavy cream personally but milk works just fine)
Preparation Instructions
  1. In bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, combine the eggs and sugar. Beat for about 2 minutes.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until combined but sticky. Cover and allow to rest for an hour.
  3. Generously flour your countertop and plop the dough on top and dust with more flour (you do need to use quite a bit of flour since it is very sticky). Roll out to about ½" thick and then cut out your doughnuts using a 2½" or 3" doughnut cutter. Place them on a floured tray and allow them to rest another 20 minutes while you heat the deep fryer or large pot with your choice of oil.
  4. Once the oil has reached 350˚ you can start frying. Carefully drop the doughnuts in one at a time, you need to be careful not to crowd the pot or they wont fry evenly.
  5. Allow the first side to sit for about 2 minutes or until a nice deep golden brown and then flip and cook the other side.
  6. Once both sides are golden brown, remove from the oil and allow to drain and cool before icing them.
  7. Once they are all fried up and cooled down, make up the icing by simply whisking the ingredients together and then drizzling over the doughnuts.
Recipe by Foods of Our Lives at https://www.foodsofourlives.com/2013/06/old-fashioned-cake-doughnuts/