Baked Toasted Coconut Red Velvet Donuts
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“Baked” Toasted Coconut Red Velvet Donuts ~ Easy donuts made with a Red Velvet Cake Mix and topped with Cream Cheese Frosting and Toasted Coconut!
Have you ever made donuts in a donut pan before?
My experience goes something like this.
Got two donut pans for my birthday years ago and I was all excited I could make amazing donuts any way I’d like all from the comforts of my home and they would be baked not fried so I could have more of them right?!
I got to work and made one batch of donuts and less just say all my dreams were quickly swept away and replaced by the memories of terrible donuts that were so dry I just couldn’t think to try again, so two and half years went by of my life and my donut pans sat discarded in my cupboard. Every time I caught a glimpse of them my heart dropped a little as I can’t stand to have an epic failure in the kitchen and never recover from it.
This story just breaks your heart right?!
I kept seeing all of these recipes around from bloggers and their baked donuts and I was starting to get a bit jealous. If they can do it so can I!
Enter these amazing Baked Toasted Coconut Red Velvet Donuts. Quite the name huh?
They are pure amazingness. Knock of your socks, epic, rock star qualities. They are light and fluffy, moist (remember my previous were terribly dry) and slightly cake like. Well, they are made from a cake mix so go figure! Plus it gives you an excuse to technically eat cake for breakfast. Who is going to turn that down? Not me!
They ridiculously light and fluffy donuts are topping with an rich cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut! Are you drooling yet? I am. I might have to run over to the kitchen and treat myself to another one…..
If you have discarded your donut pan and let it collect dust like I did please for the Love of Mary go dig it out and try these donuts. They will forever change your opinion of that pan. Trust me.
Did you make this? If you snap a photo, please be sure tag me on Instagram at @julieseatsandtreats or #julieseatsandtreats so I can see your yummy treat!
Baked Toasted Coconut Red Velvet Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 1/3 cup Red Velvet dry cake mix
- 1/3 cup buttermilk
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 1 egg beaten
- 1/4 c. toasted sweetened coconut
Frosting
- 2 Tbsp butter softened
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 c. powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a donut pan with non stick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl combine the cake mix, buttermilk, oil and egg. Mixed until combined. Spoon batter into a ziplock bag. Cut the tip off the bag and pipe into donut pan dividing evenly between all six donut forms.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until donuts spring back when pressed. Cool. Remove from donut pan.
- For frosting cream together butter and cream cheese until smooth. Mix in vanilla extract. Slowly add powdered sugar and mix until combined. Spread over donuts. Top with toasted coconut.
Sheena Jones says
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Julie Evink says
Thank you soooo much!!!!
Kelly - LEFT SIDE OF THE TABLE says
Looks divine. TOtally obsessed with red velvet ANYTHING. so why the heck wouldn’t this be knock your socks off good?! 😉 Thanks for sharing!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Kelly!
Cathy@LemonTreeDwelling says
You totally redeemed yourself with these delicious donuts, Julie!!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Cathy!
Tonia says
Those are so much fun! It has been too long since I’ve made any donuts! Time to break out the pan again.
Zainab @ Blahnik Baker says
I’ll need a half dozen of these please! They just look amazing. I do not have a donut pan and see all these beautiful recipes online and make me want to get one. But I’m scared I’ll never use it like the Madelines pan that just stares at me.
Cate @ Chez CateyLou says
That story does break my heart because as you probably know from my blog, I LOVE doughnuts! What a great idea to use a cake mix – I need to try that. These look amazing!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Cate! I made two more varieties today so my new found love for donuts keeps going!
Trish - Mom On Timeout says
I am loving the toasted coconut with red velvet – I bet it’s amazing! Pinned!
Julie Evink says
I’m on a coconut kick! To bad the hubs hates it 🙂 His loss right?!
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
These amazing donuts need to make an appearance in my kitchen ASAP!
Julie Evink says
Yes, yes they do Jessica!
RR says
can you substitute the cake mix by cake flour and food coloring? we don’t have the red velvet cake mix over here..
Julie Evink says
I’m not sure! There are recipes for completely homemade Red Velvet Donuts without cake mix if you google and look for those!
Jessica @ Jessiker Bakes says
Looks so good! I LOVE baked doughnuts, and red velvet, and cream cheese…you’ve won me over!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Jessica!
Melissa says
I’ve never made donuts but I think I need to try! These look sooooo yummy 🙂 I’m just afraid that once I start baking them, I won’t stop eating them!
Julie Evink says
Yes you do Melissa!
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
I love baked donuts! I just made some red velvet last weekend with cream cheese frosting, but I love the addition of the toasted coconut!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Ashley!
Graham @ Glazed & Confused says
There are donuts all over my feed right now! I need to just get a dang donut pan already!
These look amazing. Obsessed with red velvet and I could easily see myself eating the whole pan.
Julie Evink says
Yes you do!! And don’t let it sit in your cupboard for years like I did 🙂
Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes) says
Julie these are so fab! I love that they are made with cake mix!!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Jocelyn!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos says
I’ll take two with my coffee this morning 🙂 I love the addition of toasted coconut!
Julie Evink says
Thanks Becca!