Donuts are fantastic, but just not big enough. A few delicious bites — suddenly the one you’re eating is long gone. Not so with this giant donut cake inspired by The Baker Upstairs! You’ll have donut-y goodness for at least a few servings (unless you keep it all to yourself, which we totally understand). Donuts have (thankfully) been around for a long time. While archaeologists have found chunks of fossilized “possible donuts” in ancient settlements, we can trace the modern donut back to the former New Amsterdam (now known as Manhattan) thanks to Dutch settlers in the early 18th century. It turns out their “olykoeks,” sweetcakes fried in fat or oil, were pretty tasty. ALSO TRY: How to make a pink unicorn cake The ring shape wasn’t part of the original donut-making plan, however. It reportedly didn’t take form until the 1850s when a ship captain punched a hole in his mother’s famous deep-fried dough snacks. While the accounts of how this happened vary — perhaps he stuck one on a wheel spoke while trying to steer the boat, or, in his own words 50 years later, he created a hole with a round tin of pepper — today’s donut remains a breakfast staple and a popular, sometimes trendy snack. Since donuts are usually eaten in the morning, quickly digested and forgotten about, making a donut cake brings the best of this sweet treat to your dessert table. This recipe is delightful. Made from scratch, you’ll use that ring mold pan you’ve had hanging around (because donuts totally need rings!). You’ll also whip up your own pink frosting — topped, of course, with sprinkles. And since there is no such thing as too many sprinkles, fold some into the batter of the giant donut cake itself. Get ready to dive into a spectacular, giant donut cake!
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Stir flour and cake flour together in a mixing bowl
Stir sugar, baking soda and salt into the flour mixture
Shred frozen butter
Add shredded butter to flour mixture
Stir together butter and flour mixture
Pour whole eggs into mixing bowl
Stir together the eggs, butter and flour to create your batter
Pour vanilla into the batter
Add sour cream to the batter
Mix the sour cream and vanilla into the cake batter
Stir sprinkles into your batter
Completely butter two ring mold pans
Sift flour into both ring mold pans
Be sure you have a nice thick layer of flour covering the whole pan
Fill pans with cake batter and place on baking sheet
For the frosting, start by adding powdered sugar to a bowl
Add butter to the powdered sugar bowl
Add half and half to the butter and powdered sugar
Mix together the half and half, butter and powdered sugar
Stir in pink food coloring to frosting mixture
Layer parchment paper on a plate
Flip cake over onto paper and top with a layer of frosting
Add second layer of cake to the top of the frosted cake
Cover top layer of cake completely with frosting
Cover frosting with sprinkles
Gently slide parchment paper out from underneath the cake
Donuts belong in a pink donut box
A slice of this cake is a donut lovers dream come true
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1-1/2 cups cake flour1-1/2 cups flour1-3/4 cups sugar2-1/2 teaspoons baking powder1 teaspoon salt1 cup butter, cold4 eggs1-1/2 cups sour cream2 teaspoons vanilla1/4 cup sprinkles
Frosting
4 tablespoons butter, melted2 cups powdered sugar2-3 tablespoons half-and-half or milk2-3 drops pink food coloring2 tablespoons sprinkles
Frosting
