A giant glazed doughnut (donut if you prefer!) cake with sugar sprinkles. Surprisingly easy to make and a fun cake for any party.
I honestly can’t remember where or when I first saw one of these. But I do remember thinking, “What a great idea!” If you think I might have seen this on your blog, please let me know so I can thank you.
I used my usual, simple sponge cake recipe. The most difficult bit might be finding the appropriately-shaped cake tin ๐
Ingredients (makes 2 sponge cakes which, when sandwiched together, make your doughnut cake):
- 225 g / 8 oz butter or margarine
- 225 g / 8 oz caster sugar
- 4 eggs
- 225 g / 8 oz self-raising flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 level tsp baking powder
Equipment and preparation:
To make my giant doughnut cake, I borrowed my mum’s 18-cm diameter angel cake tin. Fortunately, it has a lovely rounded top, which is perfect for making half a doughnut cake. Here’s a picture:
Unfortunately, she only has one tin. So I had to fill it with batter, bake the first cake, turn it out, clean the tin, prep the tin again, fill it a second time… So ideally you’d have 2 identical baking tins you can fill and put in the oven at the same time. This is the assumption I’ll work on when describing the method below.
I also have to warn you that the ingredient quantities above would be better suited to a 20-cm diameter tin. The mixture I made using the above quantities was enough to fill the 18-cm angel cake tin twice and make 6 small cupcakes too.
Method:
Prepare your baking tins. Grease the inside of the tins with butter / margarine. Don’t be skimpy but try to get an even coating of grease. I also put two strips of greaseproof paper in the bottom of the tins to increase my chances of getting my cakes out in one piece!
Pre-heat your oven to 160 degrees C / Gas Mark 4 / 320 degrees F.
Cream together the butter and sugar. Add the eggs, beating your mixture after adding each egg. Then add the vanilla extract, flour and baking powder. Stir until you have a smooth batter. If you’re lucky enough to have a mixer, you can just put all the ingredients in and whizz them together in one move.
Spoon your mixture into the two tins. If you want to get your cakes as even as possible you can put your tins on scales and weigh the mixture in. Make sure the mixture is at least 1 cm (0.5 inch) below the top of the tin so there’s space for it to rise. If at this point you realise you have too much mixture, you can use it to make cupcakes/buns (you can pop them in the oven at the same time as your sponge cakes as they will have the same baking time).
Bake your two sponge cakes for about 20 minutes until the tops of the cakes are golden brown and a knife inserted into them comes out clean.
Leave your cakes to cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Run a knife around the inside and outside edge, turn over onto a board and give the top of the tin a pat to encourage the cake out of the tin. If you’re lucky, the tin will come away from the cake easily. If you used strips of greaseproof paper in the bottom of your tin, peel these off the tops of your sponge cakes. Transfer your cakes to a wire rack to cool.
For the filling I made vanilla buttercream by creaming together 50 g (1.5 oz) of butter/margarine, 100 g (3 oz) icing sugar and 1 tsp vanilla extract. I spread a thin layer of the buttercream between the cakes. On top of the buttercream I spread a thin layer of my mum’s homemade raspberry jam. Sandwich the cakes together to get an unglazed doughnut cake which looks like this:
Finally, I made up some simple water icing for the final doughnut cake glaze. This is just icing sugar, a little water and pink food colouring. I added the water a little at a time, stirring as I went to get a nice thick icing which wasn’t just going to run straight off the doughnut! I drizzled this all over the doughnut cake and then sprinkled hundreds and thousands (multi-coloured sugar strands) on top.
I’m pleased to report it slices very well and is delicious! ๐
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Looks yummy!
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Thank you! It’s very nice. Amazingly there’s still some left ๐
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I’m not sure I believe that haha
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There’s just enough to scoff tonight while watching Friday night tele! ๐
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Made as birthday cake for granddaughter and put a mouse holding a small cake with candle in centre hole, she loved both cake and mouse
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That is such a great idea ๐ I’m really pleased she loved it ๐
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Oh wow, looks delicious Claire. Yum!
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Thank you! It’s very nice indeed ๐ I’m looking forward to another bit later with a nice cup of tea once the toddler is in bed!
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omg this looks huge (and amazing)…you three will be eating cake for a week ๐
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It’s not quite as big as you’d think ๐ And I made it safe in the knowledge that the in-laws are visiting. I think we should be able to polish it off tomorrow before they leave ๐
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I completely love this! It look so fun! Yes, the tin would be my challlenge….ad definite raid of my mum’s cupboards would be necessary! X
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Thank you! I’d like to try to make a chocolate version with white icing and chocolate sprinkles too. Getting the cake out of the tin is the most nerve-wracking bit… otherwise it’s quite straightforward. I believe you can buy a silicone mould, which would make life easier too.
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This cake makes me smile! I bet it’s delicious with your mom’s homemade jam too, yum! Happy weekend to you, Claire! ๐
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It’s lovely ๐ I still think traditional doughnuts with a filling are more popular here than the ring ones. But Krispy Kreme has been making big progress here over the last 10 years or so… so people are more familiar with the ring variety now.
Happy weekend! ๐
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Ah yes, I seem to remember my brother-in-law telling me about Krispy Kreme. In Canada have a chain called Tim Horton’s, so I’m a little biased towards them, ha ha. I’ve been wanting to make some baked doughnuts actually. Must add them to the to-bake list! Thanks, Claire, and happy weekend! ๐
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wooooow! ๐ It looks just… I want to eat it!
Hehehe, when I was reading the title then in my head it went like this:” Giant doughnut cake with hundreds and thousands of calories” XD I’d eat half of it in one go though I think!
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Thank you!
You’re probably right about the calories! But, then again, I doubt a slice is so bad ๐
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Meh, calories schmalories… ๐ I wish I was your real life friend so I could go to your place to eat all those lovely things you bake… I love doughnuts, I truly do! ๐
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That looks so cool! Must tuck that idea away.
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Thank you! It turned out really well. I was very worried it wouldn’t come out of the tin and it’s be a mess, but in the end it just dropped out, no problem. A silicone mould would probably make it all a lot less stressful… but then I’ve never been much of a fan of those.
I’d quite like to make a chocolate version ๐
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My kids made me dump the silicone as they said it gave cakes a funny taste.
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Wow that looks absolutely amazing ๐
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Thank you ๐ I managed to pretty much get the result I’d imagined in my head so I was happy! And happier once I was eating it!
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Oh yes it looks yummy!
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Ahh wow!!!!
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Thank you! I’ll be having another piece soon ๐
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You’re welcome! Ha bet it’s all gone now!!
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Wow! This looks super delicious! ๐
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Thank you! It turned out really well ๐
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Very pretty Claire! You could use this to substitute for a birthday cake!! ๐
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Thank you! I’ve been thinking of trying a chocolate version with white icing and chocolate sprinkles the next time someone needs a birthday cake ๐
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That’s a great idea! (If you haven’t already, you should bring this to FiestaFriday.net – I’m co-hosting and would love to see you add this into the mix!)
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This is such a fun idea! I’m definitely going to keep this in my for the upcoming birthday of my niece.
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Yay! I hope it goes well. The only tricky bit is getting the cake out of the tin, otherwise it’s quite straightforward ๐
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Good to know!
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Sweet geney mac, Claire!!!!Wow, here’s one I’d kill to try (would never ever ever achieve anything like that, though!!!)
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Thank you! I was really pleased with how it turned out. I had thought they’d stick to the tin and it’d be a bit of a disaster ๐
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A Giant Yumm !!
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Thank you! ๐
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That looks delicious!
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Thank you! It’s lovely. There’s not much of it left ๐
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You’re welcome. How can there be any left?
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Don’t worry – it’s all gone now! ๐
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I’m surprised you could save any of it. It looks so delicious!
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This looks so wonderful!!!
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Thank you! I was really pleased with how it turned out. I’ll be remembering this option for birthday cakes in the future ๐
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So different and nice Claire
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love it!
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Thank you ๐
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I’ve sent it to my friends… they hate me now ๐ they’re saying I’m sabotaging our bet [they might be right]
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Hahahahaha! I love the sound of bet sabotage! ๐
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This looks amazing!
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Thank you. It was yummy too ๐
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