Dream Donuts

17 years ago - #food

I'm always looking for an excuse to make donuts. I love donuts and I think they're highly underrated. I want to really experiment with donuts and make some fun ones.

So I'm planning a donut tasting party. I want to come up with several different recipes to try out on people. So here's what I'm thinking of:

  • Vanilla Donuts - I'm going to use the family recipe from Grandma Fern
  • Raspberry Donuts - Same recipe as above, but using raspberry glaze
  • Pistachio Spice - One of my favorite aspects of donuts is that bread-y, cinnamon, goodness. This recipe will combine middle-eastern spices with pistachios in a cake donut.
  • Chocolate Banana Cream - I love chocolate and banana together. For this, I'll make a banana cream to inject in the center of the donut and put chocolate glaze on the outside.
  • Tangerine Filled - I wanted to do one curd-filled recipe. I keep waffling between tangerine and grapefruit. For this, I was going to use a brioche dough for the donut.
  • Strawberry Filled - Same recipe as above, but using a jam. Strawberry is the classic filling. Maybe I'll use blackberry instead since I think it's an under-rated flavor.
  • Chocolate Cake - I think I need another cake donut, and I'm missing some chocolate. Maybe I'll make it Mexican chocolate for fun.
If you have any ideas for flavors, please let me know. I'd love some ideas or feedback on the flavors.

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