Vanilla Birthday Cake Donuts - Dairy Egg Free
These double-decker vanilla birthday cake donuts are both dairy-free and egg-free.
See the easy baked donut recipe below!
The other day I went into a local coffee shop with my kiddo who doesn't have food allergies.
This shop makes some vegan, dairy-free, egg-free bakery items.
But we can't trust the nut contamination with my food allergy kiddo being so sensitive.
When I saw their double-layer birthday cake donuts complete with the prettiest pastel sprinkles, I knew I had to make a safe version for my food allergy kiddo at home...
using our tried-and-true dairy-free and egg-free donut recipe.
The bakery stacked a mini donut on top of a regular donut.
But I don't have a mini donut pan.
So instead, I stacked a mini MUFFIN donut on top.
Plop a little candle in the top for someone's birthday, and you're set!
A double-decker dairy-free, egg-free birthday cake donut with sprinkles.
So fun!
EGG ALLERGY
Even though there are a couple companies that make dairy-free donuts we can buy frozen, they both contain egg.
So our dairy-free and egg-free donut recipes are the way to go if you also have egg allergies.
If you don't have egg allergies, however, feel free to use egg in our recipe.
My son prefers my homemade donuts to store bought ones any day.
So with this recipe, you are set either way!
Egg allergy or not, this recipe is the best.
In fact, my kiddo chooses homemade donuts for his birthday breakfast year after year.
BEST DONUT PAN
If you want to try this recipe pronto but don't have a donut pan on hand, you can easily make these in a muffin tin or mini muffin tins.
But when you and your kids become obsessed with homemade donuts, do be sure to grab yourself a nice donut pan.
You won't regret it, so much fun! But only if you get a good one.
Save yourself a ton of headache by purchasing this donut pan (affiliate).
The donuts will pop right out, no tearing them out and crumbly donuts.
And clean-up is a dream!
These nice, heavy duty aluminum pans are covered with silicone.
I know you'll love having one and will use it for years to come.
Definitely worth the investment.
Now below is the vanilla donut recipe!
VANILLA CAKE DONUTS RECIPE
Makes 8 double-layer donuts or 12 regular donuts
Oven 350
DONUT INGREDIENTS
½ cup dairy free milk, plain
2 teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar
2 cups flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sugar
⅛ teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons dairy-free butter, melted
½ cup dairy-free yogurt, plain or vanilla
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 flax eggs (or 2 eggs)
sprinkles
DIRECTIONS
Lightly grease a donut pan. No need to grease USA pans.
Preheat oven to 350℉
Make the dairy-free "buttermilk" by mixing ½ cup dairy-free milk with 2 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar. Set aside.
If making these egg-free, make your flax egg by mixing 6 tbs. water with 2 tbs. ground flax seed. Set aside.
In a large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, nutmeg, and salt.
In a separate bowl mix together your dairy-free buttermilk, dairy-free melted butter, dairy-free yogurt, vanilla, and 2 beaten eggs OR 2 flax eggs.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry mixture and fold together just until combined. Don't over mix.
Use a spoon to fill 8 donut wells ½ full and 8 mini muffin or donut wells ½ full. Or if you're not making double-deckers, just make a dozen regular size donuts.
Bake until doughnuts spring back to the touch and a toothpick comes out clean. Start at 10 minutes.
Let cool before glazing.
DONUT GLAZE RECIPE
GLAZE INGREDIENTS
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons cold water
½ cup vanilla extract
GLAZE DIRECTIONS
In a bowl, whisk powdered sugar, water, and vanilla extract.
It should be drizzle consistency.
If it's too thick, add ¼ tsp. of water at a time until drizzle consistency is reached.
Drizzle over cooled donuts.
Or dip donuts into the bowl of glaze, top side down. Just covering the top of the donut.
You can add a second layer of glaze after the first layer sets, if you'd like.
Add sprinkles before the last layer of glaze hardens (optional).
Also stack the donuts and mini muffins/donuts before the glaze hardens.
You can save this donut recipe on Pinterest for later.
And below are more dairy and egg free donuts you may want to make next!
MORE DONUT RECIPES
Here are more dairy-free and egg-free donut recipes you may enjoy:
- Chocolate Donuts (Oreo option)
- Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
- Apple Cider Donuts
- Powdered Sugar Donuts
- Pumpkin Maple Donuts
Original Post 4/8/13
Are there any healthier sweetener substitutes that will work for the sugar? Thanks!
Hi Laurie, perhaps coconut sugar would work? I'm not certain but if you try, we'd love to hear how it went!
Made these today for the first time! What a hit! Both my allergy kiddo and my husband who has no restrictions loved them. I used the vanilla donut recipe and did a maple glaze on top. Yum! I decided to give the Bob’s Red Mill egg replacer a try instead of the flax egg and happy to report it turned out wonderfully!
Amazing, Bailey!!! Thank you for sharing. xoxo