Deep Fried Doughnut Cupcakes

These cupcakes combined the fried goodness of a doughnut with the cake-y softness and taste of a cupcake! Fill them with your favorite filling and trim however you please.

Step 1 Cupcake ingredients

The cupcake on the inside of the "doughnut" is just your average yellow cake.  The recipe I used is from thecupcakerecipe.com, it makes 12 cupcakes.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup milk

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

2 large eggs

Comments

[jfinkelmeyer]

What a clever idea, combining two different tasty treats! You also made the directions easy to follow. Wish I had a deep fryer.

[lit_elephants]

You don't need a deep frier to make these, you could also use a deep pan and fill it with oil, it should work the same.  I think if you really want to try it you should.

[whisperonthewind]

In MI, we have both cake and raised donuts. This sounds (and looks) like a mix between the two. They look delicious!

[menahunie]

Been done already. Where I am they are called Malasada's.

[dliu3]

not so fast, if my tongue tells me correctly malasada's are a yeast batter type doughnut.

this recipe appears to use baking powder rather than yeast. the would be more similar in texture to the traditional cake-doughnut.

but thanks for making me think about malasadas, menahunie. i'm way to far away from leonards now. going to have to do some research online, unless you happen to have a good recipe?

-dL-

[lit_elephants]

Malasadas are a yeast dough, this recipe doesn't have yeast it it. So if anything they are doughnuts, not my cupcakes.

[farmsteader]

Wow, been thinking about homemade Donuts, this works! Hey you trying to make me Fat ! lol, eat at you own risk! Thanks

[sunshiine]

These look very good. I see you are from the evergreen state! I lived in Wa for a long time.

[bone_chaos]

Ummmm, yea... These are awesome!

[lit_elephants]

Thank you!