Blackberry Cake Donuts with Lemon Glaze fluffy donuts are filled with a blackberries and cooked to perfection.
I knew when I received the food item for this month’s Get Your Chef On Challenge with Julie from White Lights on Wednesday and Jen from Four Marrs One Venus that I’d love it. The problem is I love blackberries. I’ve never cooked or baked with blackberries. Why? Well, I eat them before I can make anything with them!!
I put my thinking cap on’ as my Mom used to say and came up with these gloriously delicious Blackberry Cake Donuts with Lemon Glaze.
There’s a restaurant in town that makes the best blueberry donuts. I’ve tried and tried to recreate them, but I just haven’t gotten it right yet. Oh, but I will, it’s become a challenge now. Those creamy, steamy donuts were my inspiration for these Blackberry Cake Donuts.
Before we get to the recipe, look at my picture. I’m working on my photography skills and I learned two things on doing these photographs.
- Don’t use a brown background of brown food. {Duh. That should have been a given, but unfortunately for me, it wasn’t.} I took about 30 photos, downloaded them and when I looked at them I realized they were blah. I changed backgrounds and am happier with these.
- Another ‘duh’, I wear contacts because I’m nearsighted. Well, I can see to focus close-up pictures a lot better when I’m not wearing my contacts. So now, I’m contacts in , contacts out, glasses on, *sigh* oh, well, whatever works!
On to the recipe!
First step, make the blackberry sauce and let it cool! I used this recipe and replaced the blueberries with equal amounts of blackberries. (click photo below for sauce recipe)
Blackberry Cake Donuts with Lemon Glaze
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Save To Your Recipe BoxIngredients
- ⅓ cup Blackberry filling see link in post for recipe
- 2 and ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 Tablespoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅙ teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 Tablespoon unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup Greek yogurt
- 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1 large egg lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 4 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt, stirring to combine. In another bowl, combine yogurt, egg, milk and vanilla extract, mixing together.
- Add melted butter to the dry ingredients, stir together until crumbs form. Stir in milk and egg mixture, when it's almost combined add the blackberry filling. Combine blackberry filling into a swirl pattern then bring the dough together with a spoon.
- Using your hands form it into a large ball, then roll it out on a floured surface to about 1/2 inch thick. Cut donuts using a donut cutter. (I fried the holes as well and only re-worked the dough for the extra little scraps that were left.)
- Heat oil in a large pot or deep fryer, bringing it to 375 degrees. Fry donuts 1-2 at a time, frying for about 1 1/2-2 minutes per side. Check donut in center for doneness and adjust heat/cook time for remaining. Drain on a paper towel, drizzle Lemon Glaze over all.
- Lemon Glaze: Whisk confectioners sugar and lemon juice together until smooth.
Nutrition
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Sandra says
I love warm baked donuts. The blackberry and lemon go so well together! Delicious!
Lisa says
These blackberry donuts were a huge hit with the kids! We did half with glaze and half without and they were both delicious!
debbie says
I cant find the recipe for the black berry filing
Kari@Loaves n Dishes says
Great job Paula, these are the kind of donuts that I’d pay $4 for one…You just saved me a whole lot of dough! Seriously though, these are just lovely and look sooo yummy!
Paula says
Thank you so much Kari! I love all things sweet 🙂
Catherine says
Dear Paula, These doughnuts look absolutely delicious…beautiful photography! Blessings, Catherine xo
Becky @ Read My Chicken Scratch says
Came over from the Grow Your Blog Hop and this post caught my eye right away! I love blackberries. I’ll be posting a couple of blackberry recipes of my own in the next couple of weeks. These look amazing. I’ll be sure to try them out.
Paula says
Every time I look at that donut picture, I want one! Thanks so much for coming to GYB, I have followed you on Twitter now and checked out your blog, Becky. Love the chickens, I was flocked when I was little picking up eggs one day and it took me years and years to not be afraid of them ! 🙂 I may still be quite cautious around them!
Claire @ A Little Claireification says
Well I HAD to stop back in and say thanks for linking up at our “Best Of The Weekend” party! Love these! Pinned. Again. 🙂
Paula says
Thank you Claire!
Michelle says
I know what you mean about eating the berries before having a chance to make anything with them. That made me laugh! Great donuts!
Paula says
It’s the only fruit I do like that, but I can’t help myself with blackberries. YOu’d think I’d learn to just buy 2 packs 🙂
Shayna says
Yum! These are definitely being added to my list of Saturday morning breakfast recipes.
Paula says
Thank you, I ate way too many of them! Thanks for stopping by.
David Hogman says
This is simply delectable..love donuts..lovely pictures..mouth watering. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Paula says
Happy you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by.
Ashley Bee (Quarter Life Crisis Cuisine) says
Oh yum! I love baking donuts! They’re at least a little healthier than fried that way!
Jen @ Four Marrs & One Venus says
That is IT… I am coming over in the morning for some of these! WOW! Girl – you kicked it!
Paula says
Thank you!!! You and and Julie both come on over! We’ll have Blackberry Fest!
Julie @ This Gal Cooks says
These look deeeeeelicious, Paula! I love all of the homemade donut recipes I have seen lately. This was such a great idea for the GYCO challenge! Pinned!
Paula says
I keep looking for a donut pan at TJMaxx so I can bake some, but they haven’t had one. These were really good.
Tammy says
Hi Paula, thank you for stopping by and commenting on my morning muffins.
These donuts look irresistible! Which reminds me. I have to go to Michaels and pick up a donut tin 😀 Omgosh these would not last a day in around me!
Toodles,
Tammy<3
Claire @ A Little Claireification says
Paula these sound yummy!! I love doughnuts and I also love lemon anything so I will have to try these! Love these GYCO challenges! Pinning!
Paula says
So all the glaze that dripped off the donuts, I scooped up with my donut!! yum, don’t tell
Lisa@ Cooking with Curls says
Awesome photos Paula! I do the same thing all the time with the backgrounds 🙂 They look so delicious, I wish I had one right now!!!
Paula says
Thanks Lisa! It’s all trial and error. I’ll download pics and think ‘why didn’t I see that while I was taking it?’
Lynn@Southern Direction says
Me too..me too..anything blackberry. Thanks for this recipe!
Paula says
You’re welcome, it’s a new fav!
Gloria // Simply Gloria says
I’m the same way with baking with candy as you are with blackberries…I have to purchase double the amount. Bcz I eat all of what I’m supposed to be baking with! Good luck with the ribs today…those are hard and a pain to photograph! (That’s why I put them in sandwiches when I did them a few wks ago!)
Paula says
They look decent, I can’t wait to get my new camera, of course, I won’t be able to work it for 3 months!
ang says
Hi Paula!
I’d have a hard time with blackberries, too, I think. I rarely buy them except to dress up a fruit salad or something. Your donuts look so yummy! I hear you on the photos – I took a whole set of my toffee raspberry beer brownies last week and they looked totally blah so I had to reshoot the whole thing (which meant whipping up another batch!)
Hope you have a great day!
– Ang
http://www.jugglingactmama
Paula says
I’m about to photograph some ribs and I know it’s not going to go well :/
tanya says
Blackberries have been so sweet lately, I’m just itching to bake with them! This will be the perfect recipe!
Paula says
I love blackberries! actually better than blueberries, but I usually just eat them straight from the box….. on the way home from the store!
Cindy Eikenberg says
Paula, you know I love lemon and what a great combination with blackberries! These looks totally yummy! Pinning and buffering – thanks for sharing and have a great Tuesday!
Paula says
Thank you Cindy! I just saw where you pinned, I had hopped over to Pinterest to see what was happening and saw them! Hope you have a great day as well!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
Great recipe, Paula! I haven’t made donuts in quite awhile and these sound perfect!
Paula says
Thank you Jamie, these are the firs I had made since last fall, we really enjoyed them.
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes says
Thanks for sharing at this week’s All My Bloggy Friends, Paula! I’ve shared this on Facebook!