Halloween Donuts
Baked in the oven instead of deep-fried, and decorated by the kids themselves
Hello, foodies!
Halloween is just around the corner, and with it the school holidays. A great occasion to bake with the kids! Today I'll show you Halloween donuts in mini size: they're baked in the oven instead of deep-fried, come out of a Silicone mold and are ready in just under an hour. They're decorated with liquid Fondant and gel colors, and that's exactly the part the kids love to take over.
Ingredients
Donut dough
Decoration
Step by step
Donut dough
Butter and coconut oil
Put 30 g butter and 25 g coconut oil into a mixing bowl.
Sugar and salt
Add 75 g brown sugar and 1/2 tsp salt and mix everything for 2 minutes with the whisk.
Egg, liquid aroma and milk
Add 1 egg, 1 tsp vanilla aroma and 115 g milk and mix again for 1 minute.
Baking powder 80g
Baking soda 100g
Aroma "Vanilla"
Swiss white flour, 1 kg
Flour, baking powder and baking soda
Finally, add 2.5 g baking powder, 0.5 g baking soda and 160 g flour and mix everything once more for a good 2 minutes.
Prepare utensils and oven
Get ready a large piping bag (40 cm), a measuring cup, a perforated baking tray, a dough scraper, the mini donut silicone mold, non-stick spray and a cooling rack. Preheat the oven to 200 °C fan and place the mold on the perforated tray, that way it is much easier to move later on.
Disposable piping bag - 41cm - 24pcs
Aluminium perforated tray 40 x 30cm
Small flexible dough scraper
Dessert mold Mini Donuts made of silicone
Fill the piping bag
Place the piping bag in the measuring cup and fill it with the donut mixture. Using a dough scraper, push the mixture down into the bag.
Spray and fill the mold
Spray the mold with non-stick spray so the donuts do not stick after baking. Fill the cavities about halfway. The recipe is enough for two molds.
Bake
Tap the perforated tray on the work surface 1 to 2 times so the surface smooths out. Bake the donuts for 8 to 10 minutes at 200 °C fan, then turn the mold out onto a cooling rack.
Cool and second batch
Let the donuts cool for a few minutes. You can bake the second batch straight away: the mold does not need to cool, it just needs to be sprayed again.
Decoration
Prepare liquid Fondant
For the icing I use liquid Fondant, the same one used on Cream slices and Éclairs.
Round Candy eyes 64 pieces
6 Sugar decorations for Halloween
Pumpkin, vampire, witch and skull Sugar decorations
Medley Happy Halloween - 65g
Color with Gel color
I always use white Fondant and color it with Gel colors, here with Progel in orange, green and violet.
Gel colors Progel: Black
Gel colors Progel: Violet
Gel colors Progel: Orange
Gel colors Progel: Light green
Warm the icing
Warm the liquid Fondant for 5 to 10 seconds in the microwave at 600 watts. Without a microwave you can also use a water bath. Stir in the Gel color. If needed add 1/2 teaspoon of water, but no more: otherwise the icing runs off and does not hold.
Dip the Donuts
Dip the Donuts into the icing, let them drip for 5 seconds and turn them over. If the icing becomes thick or hard, it is too cold. Then simply warm it up again for a few seconds.
Decorate right away
Scatter on Sprinkles, Candy eyes and decorations while the icing is still wet, as it dries very quickly. So glaze and decorate one Donut at a time, ideally with two people: one glazes, one decorates.
Halloween Donuts
Ingredients
Donut dough
Decoration
Preparation
- Dough: Beat butter and coconut oil with sugar and salt for 2 min., then add the egg, liquid aroma and milk and keep stirring for 1 min.
- Flour: Add baking powder, baking soda and flour and mix again for a good 2 min.
- Prepare: Preheat the oven to 200 °C fan, place the silicone mold on a perforated tray and spray it with non-stick spray.
- Fill: Put the mixture into a piping bag, fill the cavities halfway and tap the tray 1 to 2 times.
- Bake: 8 bis 10 min. at 200 °C fan, then turn the mold out onto a cake rack and let cool.
- Icing: Warm the liquid fondant for 5 bis 10 sec. at 600 watts, stir in gel color, add ½ tsp water if needed.
- Dip: Dip the donuts, let them drip for 5 sec. and turn them over.
- Decorate: Add sprinkles and candy eyes right away, while the icing is still moist.
Nutrition facts per 100 g
Storage & shelf life
Everything for this recipe
Recommended from our bakery: exactly the sizes the recipe was tested with.
Ingredients
Round Candy eyes 64 pieces
Baking powder 80g
Baking soda 100g
Liquid aroma "Vanilla"
Swiss White flour, 1 kg
Liquid fondant "Dip'n Drip" - 1kg
Progel gel colours: Black
Progel gel colours: Violet
Progel gel colours: Orange
Progel gel colours: Light green
Sugar decoration - joined eyes
Sugar decoration - bloody eyes
Nonpareils - "Halloween" - 80gr
Skulls fondant decoration
6 Sugar decorations for Halloween
Orange/black/white Sprinkles
Pumpkin, vampire, witch and skull Sugar decorations
Halloween Sugar decoration Spooky, 8 pieces
Medley Happy Halloween, 65g
250ml Non-stick spray
Accessories
Disposable piping bag - 41cm - 24 pcs
Silicone measuring cup 1 litre with pouring spout
Perforated aluminium baking tray 40 x 30cm
Small flexible dough scraper
Silicone mini donut dessert mold
Rectangular cooling rack
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So gelingen sie garantiert
Instead of coconut oil you can use the same amount of rapeseed oil. The result stays exactly the same.
The icing dries very fast. As a pair, one glazes while the other decorates, it all gets much more relaxed.
Work through several donuts in the same colour one after another. With every colour change the icing cools down and has to be reheated.
Frequently asked questions
For these mini donuts you need a silicone mold with donut cavities, here the mini donut mold from Silikomart. Without a mold you cannot bake the typical ring shape.
No. They are baked in the oven at 200 °C fan for 8 to 10 minutes. That makes them lighter and much more straightforward for baking with children.
Then there is too much water in the icing. Half a teaspoon is enough to make the liquid fondant smooth. Any more and it runs off instead of staying on the donut.
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Question de Laetitia
By: Laetitia L. On 2023-02-05Bonsoir. Combien de temps environ pour que le glaçage sèche ? J’ai prévu un atelier deco anniversaire avec plein d’enfants. Merci
Replied by: Laura On 2023-02-06
Question de Anita
By: Anita P. On 2021-10-29Bonjour,
Est-ce que l'on pourrait fourrer ces mini donuts avec du curd ou confiture par exemple?
Merci :-)
Replied by: Karin On 2021-10-30
Question de Romina
By: Romina E. On 2021-09-16Bonjour, je me demandais si on pouvait les préparer à l'avance ou bien est-ce qu'il ne se conserve pas un jour? Merci
Replied by: Karin On 2021-09-16