🍩 Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cake Donuts

🍩 Old-Fashioned Sour Cream Cake Donuts

🛒 Ingredients

Dry

• 2¼ cups all-purpose flour

• 1½ tsp baking powder

• 1 tsp salt

• ½ tsp nutmeg (classic flavor)

Wet

• ½ cup sugar

• 2 tbsp butter, melted

• 2 large egg yolks

• ½ cup sour cream

• ½ tsp vanilla extract

For frying

• 2–3 cups vegetable oil

Optional glaze

• 1½ cups powdered sugar

• 2–3 tbsp milk

• ½ tsp vanilla

🥣 Instructions

1. Whisk dry ingredients in one bowl.

2. In another bowl whisk:
   sugar + melted butter → creamy
   then egg yolks, sour cream, vanilla

3. Fold dry into wet until soft dough forms.

4. Chill dough 30–45 minutes
   (this makes it easy to cut and gives the crackly edges)

🍩 Shape & Fry

5. Roll dough to ½-inch thickness on floured surface.
   Cut with donut cutter or two round cutters.

6. Heat oil to 325–330°F (165°C)
   (lower heat = signature craggy surface)

7. Fry 2–3 donuts at a time:
   90 seconds per side until golden and cracked.

8. Drain on paper towels.

✨ Glaze (Optional but Classic)

Whisk powdered sugar + milk + vanilla.
Dip warm donuts and let set.

🧠 Bakery Secrets

• Low frying temp = crackly edges

• Egg yolks only = tender crumb

• Nutmeg = that nostalgic donut-shop flavor