Easter Donut Decorating Ideas and Recipe

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Three Cute Easter Donut Decorating Ideas make the perfect Spring or Easter dessert. The best healthy baked donuts recipe is included as well!

Three easter donuts: one with a pink marshmallow bunny, one with coconut shavings and mini Easter eggs and one with crushed chocolate candy coated easter eggs on top. — Easter Donuts

These cute Easter inspired baked donuts are sure to put a smile on your face. Our kids love picking one to eat for Easter breakfast.

They are made with delicious baked oat flour donuts. These are cake donuts so no yeast is needed. They are ready to bake as soon as you mix the batter.

We loved using some of our favorite Easter sweets to create them. We've even included some variations if you want to include other toppings as well!

Don't forget to dye Easter eggs using this easy DIY Easter Egg Dye Recipe!

If you are looking for another healthy oat flour recipe then you have to try our Fluffy Oat Flour Pancakes.

Why You'll Love This Recipe

These donuts use oat flour which is a healthy alternative to white flour.
They produce a light and fluffy crumb.
They are perfect for your Easter morning breakfast or evening dessert!

Recipe Ingredients

You'll need the following ingredients to make Easter donuts.

For the soft oat flour donuts, you will need these ingredients.

Ingredients for oat flour donuts: oat flour, oil salt, baking powder, sugar, egg, vanilla and milk.

To make the cute Easter toppings you will need the following:

Peeps Marshmallow Bunnies

Pastel Sprinkles

Cadbury Mini Eggs

Coconut Flakes or Shredded Coconut

Vanilla Icing (recipe included in the recipe card)

How to Make It

Here are some quick visual instructions. The full recipe with ingredient measurements is below!

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix the dry ingredients in a bowl and the wet ingredients in a separate bowl.

Two pictures, first is dry ingredients in a glass bowl and second is wet ingredients in a glass bowl.

Whisk the wet ingredients together and add the flour. Mix them together.

Two pictures, first is whisking wet ingredients and second is adding dry ingredients to the wet in a glass bowl.

Grease the donut pan with oil. Use a spoon or fill a pastry bag with the batter and fill it ¾ full.

Let the donut cool and add icing or frosting. Then decorate using sprinkles, candy eggs, marshmallow bunnies and coconut.

Recipe Tips & Tricks

Mix the icing right before you are ready to begin frosting the donuts. The icing will begin to set in the bowl if left too long.
Add the sprinkles and/or coconut before the icing hardens on the donut to make sure it sticks well.
Let the donut cool completely before adding the icing.

Storage

Storage: The donuts can be stored in an air-tight container for 4 days. However, the color from the bunny and eggs may start to rub off on the frosting.

Substitutions

Icing: You can substitute the icing for prepackaged frosting. Just warm a little up in a bowl and dip the donut in.

Variations

There are so many ways to use Easter candy on these donuts. Here are a few more ideas.

Jelly Beans - These could replace the Cadbury Mini Eggs on the coconut donut.
Yellow Marshmallow Chicks - You could make a coconut nest with a baby chick on top.
Colored Icing - You could add dye to make several pastel-colored donuts and decorate with white sprinkles.

It would also be cute to make an Easter Donut grazing board. You could include your decorated donuts, fruit, chocolate dip and more!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the difference been cake donuts and yeast donuts?

Cake donuts have a delicate crumb and are made with bakings soda and/or baking powder. Yeast donuts have more of a bread-like texture and are leavened with yeast.

Are cake donuts fried or baked?

Cake donuts are traditionally baked, similar to how a cake is baked. However, some recipes call for the donuts to be fried, which can be challenging because the batter is not thick like a yeast-risen dough. Special kitchen tools can help pour the batter into the hot oil so the donut keeps its shape.

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