April 25, 2020

Blueberry Lemon Cake Donuts with Lavender Glaze

Name: Blueberry Lemon Cake Donuts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 28 min
Ingredients: 4 tbsp melted butter; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1/4 cup canola oil; 1 cup milk; 2 tbsp lemon juice; zest of 1 lemon; 1/2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 2 cups flour; 1 tsp cinnamon; 1 1/2 tsp baking powder; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 cup fresh blueberries; 2 cups powdered sugar; 2 tbsp lemon juice; 2 tsp lavender syrup; zest 1 lemon

Blueberry Lemon Cake Donuts with Lavender Glaze

Zesty lemons and tart blueberries in a sweet cake donut with a lavender glaze, delicious! These blueberry lemon cake donuts make the perfect treat!

I am a big fan of using blueberries in baking. One of my favorite recipes on this blog is our blueberry ginger muffins! (Have you tried them?) It only comes naturally that when making donuts, I would find my way back to blueberries. What plays well against the delicious sweetness of cake donuts? Why not blueberries and lemon! How will we add a depth of flavor? Let’s make a lemon lavender glaze to go on top! Hungry yet? Let’s get baking!

From Your Pantry & Fridge

One of the beautiful things about making these blueberry lemon cake donuts, is that you likely have all the ingredients you need already! Flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, butter, canola oil, eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract, milk, lavender syrup, powdered sugar, lemons, and, of course, blueberries.

Lavender Simple Syrup

So, maybe you don’t have any lavender syrup on hand. Two options here: Monin makes a delicious lavender syrup, if you want to buy it, or make your own with our cardamom lavender simple syrup recipe! The addition of lavender to this recipe really adds a subtle but delicious depth of flavor. The floral notes pair well with the tartness of the lemon, and sweetness of the cake.

Blueberry Lemon Cake Donut Instructions:

Making baked donuts is really simple. If you can make pancakes you have all the skills to make these delicious blueberry lemon cake donuts. First things first, preheat your oven to 425 degrees. Next take a medium mixing bowl and cream together the brown sugar, melted butter, and eggs. Then add in the milk, canola oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, and vanilla paste. In another bowl mix together your flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Pour the wet ingredients into the center of the dry and mix well. Fold in your fresh blueberries. Now oil your donut pans and fill each about two thirds of the way up with batter. Bake in oven for 10 minutes, they should rise and be golden brown.

Lemon Lavender Glaze

This lemon lavender glaze gives a subtle floral depth of flavor to these blueberry lemon cake donuts. In a flat bottomed dish, large enough to dip a donut in, mix two cups of powdered sugar, two tsp. of lavender syrup, the zest of one lemon, and two tbsp. of lemon juice. Mix well. Allow the donuts to cool for three minutes before removing from pans. Place on cooling rack, while still slightly warm dip the donuts into the glaze and set aside to let the glaze set.

Enjoy these delicious blueberry lemon cake donuts with friends and family. They are a delicious and fun treat that we enjoy probably a bit to often! I hope you all find them as delicious as we do.

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