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Hi everyone! Are you in the Patriotic spirit yet?! I certainly am, I am loving all these amazing fun dishes I keep seeing to serve through the summer and especially on the 4th of July! We are huge fans of doughnuts around here and when I finally got tins to make baked doughnuts at home I just had to try it out. These mini baked doughnuts are made with cake mix so they are super easy and fun. The funetti dip though, I have to say is my favorite part of this dish! It is a light as air buttercream frosting that is a little thinner than a cake or cupcake frosting, which makes it perfect for dipping. Mixing in cute festive sprinkles brings it together as a dessert the whole family will love!
Mini Baked Doughnuts with Funfetti Dip
The base for the doughnuts is the same cake mix I used for my Patriotic strawberry cupcakes, I adapted the recipe from Tastes of Lizzy T (don’t you just love her blog?? swoon.). I love that the cake mix has jell-o in it which gives it a slight tartness, a perfect combo with the sweet funfetti dip!
Mini Baked Doughnuts with Funfetti Dip
Ingredients
Mini Baked Doughnuts:
- 1 box white cake mix
- 3 oz strawberry jello
- 4 egg whites
- 1/3 Cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 Cup water
- 1/2 Cup strawberry puree about 6 strawberries, tops removed and pureed in blender
- 20 drops red food coloring
- powdered sugar for garnish
Funfetti Dip:
- 3 Cups powdered sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter softened
- 1 tsp vanilla extract or paste
- 4 Tbls milk or water
- 1 1/2 tsp red sprinkles or any color you wish
- 1 1/2 tsp blue sprinkles (or any color you wish
- additional sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
Mini baked doughnuts:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Mix together cake mix, jello, oil, 1/2 cup water and egg whites with hand mixer on medium speed for about 3 minutes. Scrap the sides of the bowl, add in the strawberry puree and food coloring. Mix until combined.
- Spoon small amount of batter into mini doughnut tin about 2/3 of the way up. Wipe off excess on sides of mold. Bake for 7-8 minutes until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool in tin on wired rack for 5 minutes, take out doughnuts and place on wires rack to cool completely. Store in air tight container until ready to serve, before serving sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Funfetti dip:
- Cream together the butter and powdered sugar in a large bowl with hand mixer. Add in the vanilla and milk, whip until light and fluffy about 3 minutes. Add in the sprinkles and mix again just until combined.
- Serve with mini baked doughnuts or dippers of your choice (pretzels, apple slices, graham crackers, etc.) Sprinkle on additional sprinkles for garnish if desired.
- Enjoy!
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Eek, I just love how cute and festive these turned out. And might I add delicious??
I have to warn you, they are addicting and before you know it you’ve eaten two doughnuts worth, lol! So, what do you think? are these worthy of your next cookout or 4th of July menu??
Don’t forget to check out Parrish’s 4th of July themed recipe for 4th of July Bark!
Past 4th of July series themed recipes:
Candied Almond Triple Berry Yogurt Parfait | Fireworks Cupcakes
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These little dipping donuts would be fun! Who thought of adding jello to the cake mix?!? totally interesting idea! And you know the grandbabies would LOVE to dip so this works for them too 🙂 Thanks for sharing another awesome recipe!! Millie
This looks so fun and yummy! pinning!
So many great recipes! I love this!
I would love if you come link up tomorrow at the Monday party!
Xo
Isabelle
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Looks so cute and yummy!! Love it!
Thanks for sharing!
These look Wonderful!! I’m so glad I saw this, I’m totally making them for my 4th of July Grill out this year! Thank you for Posting!
Very festive! Beautiful pics- I am going to have to try these!
YUM! Super cute, Dana!
these are adorable thanks for linking up to friday food frenzy this week.
So much fun…pinned and stumbled!
These are soo cute…mini. love the dip too 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
Yummy!! These look so good. Donuts are the treat I have the most trouble resisting…now I have to find an excuse to make these. LOL
How fun are these?! My kids would freak out. I would love if you had a second to come by The Makers link party and share them with us.