Recipe: Baked Cake Doughnuts

BAKED CAKE DOUGHNUTS
Source: Sunset Magazine, February 1994
Makes 12 doughnuts

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. each salt
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1 large egg
1/2 cup milk
about 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, melted, divided use
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 tbsp. jelly or marmalade
FOR THE TOPPING:
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter 12 (2 1/2-inch) muffin cups.

In a bowl, mix four, 1/2 cup sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.

In another bowl, beat egg to blend with milk, 1/3 cup butter and vanilla.

Add flour mixture and stir just to moisten. Equally spoon 1/2 the batter into prepared muffin cups. Add 1/2 tsp. jelly to each. Top equally with remaining batter.

Bake in a 400 degree oven until deep golden, 18-20 minutes.

FOR THE TOPPING:
Mix 1/3 cup sugar and cinnamon. Brush each doughnut with 3 Tbsp. butter and roll in cinnamon sugar.

Serve warm or cool. If making ahead, cool, the store airtight up to 1 day.