Baked Vanilla Cake Donuts with Sprinkles (No Fryer Needed!)

🍩 Happy National Donut Day! We’re celebrating the sweetest way we know how—by whipping up a batch of soft, fluffy vanilla cake donuts with frosting and rainbow sprinkles. Best part? They’re oven-baked (not fried!) and made mess-free with help from our favorite stand mixer hack: The Mixer Skirt.

💡 What’s The Mixer Skirt?

The Mixer Skirt is a machine-washable fabric splash guard that fits most stand mixers, including KitchenAid, Cuisinart, Hamilton Beach, Dash, and more.

It keeps flour and powdered sugar from flying while still allowing you to pour ingredients in, scrape the bowl, and keep your mixer looking cute on the counter.

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🎉 Why You’ll Love These Baked Cake Donuts

• No frying—just pour, pipe, and bake
• Simple pantry ingredients
• Kid-friendly and fun to decorate
• Made easier and cleaner using your stand mixer + Mixer Skirt

🛠 Tools You’ll Need

• Stand Mixer
• Paddle Attachment
• Mixer Skirt Fabric Splash Guard
• 6-Cavity Donut Pan (we love the one by Wilton from Michaels) get it here 
• Piping bag or ziplock bag

📝 Ingredients (Makes 6 Donuts)

For the Donuts:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 tbsp melted butter
• 1 tbsp whole milk

For the Glaze (Optional):

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp milk
• 1 tbsp melted butter

 Let’s Bake!

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. In your stand mixer bowl (with paddle attachment and Mixer Skirt on), mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
3. WAdd sour cream and eggs. Mix until smooth.
4. While mixer is on low add vanilla, slowly pour in melted butter.
5. Add milk and continue mixing until fully combined.
6. Transfer batter to a piping bag or ziplock bag.
7. Pipe into each donut cavity until nearly full.
8. Bake for 8 minutes. Let cool completely.

Frosting (Optional!)

In a bowl, mix powdered sugar and 2 tbsp milk. Add melted butter and vanilla, stirring until smooth. Adjust milk until you reach a thin, dippable consistency. Dip donuts, sprinkle generously, and let set.

🧁 Bake Smarter with The Mixer Skirt

Skip the mess and keep your counters clean—The Mixer Skirt is the stand mixer upgrade you never knew you needed. Pour while mixing, scrape while blending, and wash it when you’re done. It fits like a charm, and it’s just as cute as it is functional.

👉 Grab yours today and make baking cleaner, easier, and a whole lot more fun.

🎉 Happy National Donut Day from The Mixer Skirt team!

Tag us @themixerskirt so we can see your delicious donut creations.