Red Velvet Donuts topped with velvety and delicious cream cheese frosting! These donuts are eggless, baked, moist, fluffy, and decadent.

Red Velvet Donuts are baked and not fried! They are beyond easy to make, and you can have them ready in under 20 minutes for a quick treat. These delicious donuts are the perfect treat for Valentine’s day, mother’s day, or holidays.

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About Red Velvet Donuts
Why You Will Love These Donuts
Ingredients
Step by Step Directions
Serving and Storing Suggestions
Helpful Tips
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About Red Velvet Donuts

Baked donuts are something I adore a lot. They are very light compared to fried donuts. And the best part is that they are super quick to make. The baked donuts recipe comes together in just a few minutes, and you can instantly have them whenever you crave.

We do not need any egg replacer or binding agent to make these donuts. All we need is some basic ingredients, readily available in our kitchen, and yummy donuts are ready.

Eggless Red Velvet Donuts are topped with a delicious and classical cream cheese frosting. We can not imagine red velvet baked goods without cream cheese frosting, right? Making the frosting, or I would rather say a glaze, is super easy, and I whipped it with a whisk without using an electric mixer.

Red Velvet Donuts are moist, fluffy, with the perfect note of chocolate and vanilla flavor. And cream cheese frosting makes them super delicious and irresistible.

If you are into the red velvet thing, you need to check out my Eggless Red Velvet Cake and Eggless Red Velvet Cookies.

Why You Will Love These Donuts

Baked and Not Fried!
Eggless, Easy, Quick
Topped with Velvety Cream Cheese Glaze
Perfect Treat To Make For Loved Ones
A True Flavors of Red Velvet Baked Goods

red velvet donut with cream cheese frosting in the plate

Ingredients

For The Donuts

All-Purpose Flour: I have used unbleached all-purpose flour, and I will recommend using the same.
Cocoa Powder: I have used one tablespoon of unsweetened cocoa powder, providing the right chocolate note to these donuts.
Baking Soda: It is essential for light and fluffy donuts.
Salt: I like to add salt for a nice contrast to the sweetness.
Sugar: I have used granulated white sugar, but you can also use light brown sugar if you want.
Milk + Vinegar: Mixing whiter vinegar to milk makes DIY buttermilk. The milk should be at room temperature. Instead of white vinegar, you can also add the apple cider vinegar. But if you have storebought buttermilk on hand, you can use it.
Butter: It adds a delicious buttery flavor to the red velvet donuts. We have not tried this recipe using oil.
Vanilla: It makes balanced flavors with chocolate for these donuts.
White Vinegar: In this recipe, I have used white vinegar twice. I have used vinegar to make buttermilk and then added little vinegar to the wet mixture. Mixing vinegar into the batter helps brighten the red color of the donuts.
Food Color: I have used red food gel color to make these donuts red. Add food color as much you require. You can also add only a little food color if you do not prefer too much food color. With fewer drops of food color or with no food color, you will end up in the brownish-pink donuts. That is fine, but just not picture-worthy.

For The Cream Cheese Frosting

Cream Cheese: Use the original cream cheese and not the spread. Also, bring the cream cheese to room temperature before making the frost. The frosting will be lumpy and not smooth if the cream cheese is cold.
Icing Sugar: Make sure to sift the icing sugar before adding to cream cheese. Also, add the sugar as per your sweet preference.
Milk: Add less milk for the thicker frosting and more milk for a thinner glaze-like frosting. If you want to make the frosting thinner, add the milk little by little until you get the desired consistency.

Step by Step Directions

Making The Batter

Preheat the oven at 350° F.
Grease the donut pan with nonstick oil spray or with melted butter. Set aside.
This recipe will yield eight donuts, so if you have two donut pans, grease both of them.

Add 1 teaspoon white vinegar into the milk, stir well and set aside for five minutes.
Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and granulated sugar together in a medium bowl.
Set it aside.

Take melted butter, buttermilk (milk + vinegar mixture), vanilla, food coloring, and vinegar in another bowl.
Whisk well to combine.

Add dry ingredients into the wet mixture and stir until just combined.
Do not overmix.

Baking The Donuts

Fill the batter into a large piping bag; there is no need for the tip. Cut the end of the piping bag and pipe the batter into each donut cup, ¾ of the way full.
Instead of using a piping bag, you can spoon the batter into the donut cups. Or use a large ziplock bag instead of the piping bag.
Do not overfill as these donuts will rise well.

Bake the donuts into the preheated oven for 9-10 minutes.
Do not overbake.

Remove the donuts from the oven and allow them to cool down in the pan for 2 minutes.
Then transfer the donuts onto a wire rack and let them cool completely.

Frosting The Donuts

In a bowl, whisk cream cheese, icing sugar, milk, and vanilla until everything is well combined and the frosting is smooth.
The consistency should be like a pancake batter. So adjust the frosting consistency by adding a little more milk if you need to.

When donuts are completely cool, dip each donut into the glaze. Or, if the frosting is thick, you can also spread the icing using a butter knife.
Return the glazed donuts onto the wire rack and let the icing set.
I crumbled one donut and sprinkled the crumbs on top of the icing. This step is optional, but it looks pretty. However, you can also use red sprinkles for the presentation; that also looks amazing.

Serving and Storing Suggestions

Eggless Red Velvet Donuts are best eaten the same day. It is best to serve donuts right away after the frosting.
However, you can store the leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days. But make sure to bring the donuts to room temperature before serving.
If you plan to make donuts in advance, do not frost them until the time of serving.

Helpful Tips

Ingredients: It is essential to measure the flour correctly. For the best results, use a kitchen scale if you have one. Butter should be melted but not hot. Milk and cream cheese should be at room temperature.
Buttermilk: If you have storebought buttermilk, use it instead of making DIY buttermilk.
Fill The Donut Pan: Using a large piping bag is more manageable to fill the batter into the donut pan. But instead of the piping bag, you can also use a Ziploc bag, fill it with the batter, cut the corner and fill the donut pan. Or, spoon the batter evenly into donut cups. Do not overfill the donut pan; fill it only up to ¾ way full as donuts will rise well.
Baking Time: These donuts are quick to bake; it takes only 9-10 minutes. So keep an eye after 8 minutes and do not overbake the donuts.
Cream Cheese Frosting: The frosting should not be too thick, and it should be like a pancake batter. If you prefer a thinner glaze, add more milk little by little until you get the desired consistency. Also, add more or less sugar as per your sweet preference.

About Red Velvet Donuts

Why You Will Love These Donuts