Delicious cake texture Baked Apple Donuts with fresh ginger and spicy cardamom topped with a homemade Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze, the ultimate fall donut recipe!
Donuts? Yah or Nah?
Ok, I have to admit I’m not much of a donut person which is kinda funny that today is a Donut Recipe. But my boys are!
In fact, Mike and Cason have this tradition. Almost every Saturday morning they go for a donut run in the morning to start off the weekend with some father son time. {and my heart melts}
Cason absolutely loves this time! He’s all about the donut holes or just the plain old glazed donuts. Most of the time when they come back little man comes rushing in the door saying “I had donuts mommy… I had donuts… I did!” I’m not sure if its from the sugar or just pure excitement from going to get donuts with daddy. Either way… its pretty stinking cute.
So when those Mystery Dish Ingredients came out for this month I knew exactly what I was making… I had never made a donut before but was determined to try so I could make something special for my boys over the weekend!
This month Zainab from The Blahnik Baker was hosting and the ingredients she choose were:
Sesame seeds
Green chiles
Green tea or matcha powder
Cardamom
Ginger
Feta cheese
Lamb
Pinto beans
White wine
Prickly pear cactus
Apples
I ended up going with Baked Apple Donuts (with fresh ginger in it) and then topped with a Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze…. and it was ooohhh so good!
So remember that time I told you that I had never made donuts before?
Well.. I learned my lesson. Apparently you don’t fill the donut tins all the way.
Why you ask?
Because half way through the baking process … you know that time when you peak into the oven to see how everything is doing… well the donuts are no longer donuts they look more like muffin tops and the “hole” that once was in the middle is no longer visible.
Which means in order to make it look like a donut.. you (or I) needed to recreate the “hole” so they didn’t look like frankenstein donuts in the shape of a mushroom top.
Sooo…. the next batch I did were more normal looking! Yippee!!
Either way they tasted amazing both times and the cardamom that was in the donut batter and the cream cheese glaze brought out so much flavor! It was the perfect fall breakfast!
Definitely one of my favorite Mystery Dish dishes thus far.. I truly hope you guys get a chance to try it.
P.S. donut pans are pretty stinking cheap.. I bought my for under $10 at our grocery store. So… go get you one!
Baked Apple Donuts with a Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 14 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 12 donuts 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Healthier cake texture Baked Apple Donuts with fresh ginger and spicy cardamom topped with a homemade Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze, the ultimate fall donut recipe!
Ingredients
Baked Apple Donuts:
- 2 cups of white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 cup of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom
- 1/4 teaspoon of fresh grated ginger
- 3/4 cup of milk
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 cup of coconut oil, melted
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 1 cup of granny smith apples, peeled & diced (about 1 large apple)
Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze:
- 4 oz. of cream cheese, softened
- 3 tablespoons of maple syrup
- 1/4 teaspoon of cardamom
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnaon, cardamom, and fresh ginger.
- Add in milk, eggs, coconut oil, and vanilla extract. Toss till everything is combined.
- Fold in diced apples.
- Spray donut tin with PAM.
- Fill donut tins 1/2-3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes.
- Remove from pan and let cool on cooling rack.
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese, maple syrup, and cardamom using a hand mixer. Combine until smooth.
- Top donuts with cream cheese mixture.
- Serve! {preferably with coffee… :)}
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- Crockpot Chicken Chilli Stew – Yummy Healthy Easy
- Spiced Apple Crisp – I Want Crazy
- Kale Salad with Sesame-Lime Dressing – The Pajama Chef
- Spiced Mini Skillet Apple Crisp – Culinary Couture
- Pan Seared Pork Chops with Spicy Apple Chutney – Flavor the Moments
- Matcha Swirl Cheesecake – Baking a Moment
- Green Chile Cheese Pinwheels – I Dig Pinterest.
- Baked Apple Donuts with Cardamom Cream Cheese Glaze – Joyful Healthy Easy
- Vegan Gluten-Free Ginger Walnut Apple Pie Bars – The Sweet-Tooth Life
- Apple Feta Salad with Toasted Sesame Seeds – The Well Floured Kitchen
- Apple Cardamon Crisp – Blahnik Baker
