These Red Velvet Donuts are a delicious treat that’s easy to make and bursting with classic red velvet flavours! Perfectly fluffy and tender, and dipped in powdered sugar!
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If you’re looking for a quick and easy dessert for Valentine’s Day that’s casual and fun, these Red Velvet Donuts are the perfect choice! They’re absolutely delicious, fluffy and tender with the best baked donut texture, and they’re easy enough to bake with kids – trust me, you’re going to LOVE them! 
Kitchen Tools for Homemade Donuts
You will need a donut baking pan for this Red Velvet Donuts recipe, and if you don’t have one already I’d definitely recommend this Wilton Medium Donut Pan (affiliate link). It’s the perfect size for this recipe that yields 24 medium-sized donuts and it’s non-stick and easy to clean. And it works best when you grease it with a little bit of oil or butter. I always use my Misto Oil Sprayer with vegetable oil for this job (affiliate link) because it allows you to achieve the same effect as conventional oil sprays while using a healthy oil and without all those harmful propellants found in conventional oil sprays. 
Ingredients for Red Velvet Donuts
- all purpose flour
- unsweetened powder
- granulated sugar
- baking powder
- salt
- buttermilk
- eggs
- vegetable oil
- red food colouring
- powdered sugar
How to Make Baked Donuts
Baked donuts are the perfect treat, and these Red Velvet Donuts are no exception. Here are my best BAKED donut tips:
- Don’t over-mix your batter! Mix the batter gently and just until the flour disappears! This will help the donuts stay fluffy and tender.
- Use a piping bag! Fill a large piping bag with your batter, snip off the tip of the piping bag and pipe your donuts into the donut pan!
- Don’t over-fill your donut pan! Fill the cavities about 1/2 to 2/3 full and no more than this! Don’t over-fill, or your donuts won’t have the cute little hole in the middle!
- Spray with vegetable oil spray after baking. If you’re finding the powdered sugar doesn’t want to stick, give each donut a tiny little spritz of vegetable oil spray and that’ll do the trick!
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Looking for more red velvet recipes? Try these Red Velvet Sugar Cookies, this Red Velvet Cheesecake or this Red Velvet Bundt Cake! 
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I hope you love these Red Velvet Donuts as much as we do! Let me know in the comments below, what’s your favourite coffee shop treat? I’d love to know!
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Red Velvet Donuts Recipe Video
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Red Velvet Donuts
Recipe: Equipment
Recipe: Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 3 teaspoons red food colouring paste
- cooking spray to grease the donut pan
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar for dipping (use more if desired)
Recipe: Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius). Grease a medium 12-donut donut pan (or two if you have) with vegetable oil cooking spray or butter and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder, and salt.
- In a large glass measuring cup, measure the buttermilk.
- Add the eggs and vegetable oil to the buttermilk and whisk with a fork to combine and break up the eggs.
- Add the red food colouring paste and mix well with the wet ingredients until completely blended.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix together gently with a rubber spatula just until any streaks of flour disappear. Over-mixing can make the donuts tough and rubbery, so mix gently and only as much as you need to.
- Add the batter to a large piping bag and pipe the donuts into the donut pan cavities only about 1/2 full.
- Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for about 8-11 minutes, or until the donuts are no longer shiny on top and a toothpick inserted into one of the donuts comes out clean.
- Cool in the donut pan for about 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool. Repeat the steps for the next 12 donuts (this recipe makes 24 mini donuts).
- Once cooled slightly, dip the donuts in powdered sugar (use a light spritz of vegetable oil spray on the donuts if the powdered sugar needs help sticking!) and enjoy!
Recipe: Notes
Storage Instructions
Store these donuts in an airtight container for up to 3 days. They are best enjoyed fresh!Freezer Instructions
Freeze the donuts for up to 3 months, in a large freezer bag or by stacking and separating them with wax paper so they don't freeze together.No-Fail Tips
This recipe makes 12 large donuts (increase the baking time by a 2-3 minutes in this case), or 24 medium ones.Recipe: Nutrition
Notice: Nutrition is auto-calculated, using Spoonacular, for your convenience. Where relevant, we recommend using your own nutrition calculations.