These strawberry donuts topped with cream cheese strawberry frosting are one of the tastiest sweet treats you'll ever have. Of course, the best time of year to make fresh baked strawberry doughnuts is during strawberry season! There is no time to waste. We all know a homemade donut is the best and this strawberry doughnut will not disappoint!
Homemade Strawberry Donuts featuring a cream cheese and fresh strawberry glaze are easy to make cake donuts, that are moist and delicious! The pink icing makes the baked doughnuts even more appealing and perfect for ladies events.
One of the best strawberry desserts ever and no artificial flavors, palm oil, preservations or other nonsense, just real ingredients.
If you have extra fresh strawberries try making my Strawberry Fluff or Strawberry Pie with Jello. They are both easy dessert recipes and sure to be a hit.
How to Make Strawberry Donuts
Let's make a batch of these baked donuts with and fresh strawberry cream cheese icing.Ingredients you will need for the cake donuts and strawberry frosting
Here is everything needed to make the strawberry frosted donut recipe.
Strawberry Donut Batter:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter (melted)
- ⅓ cup finely chopped strawberries
Glaze for Donuts
- 2 oz. cream cheese, soften to room temperature
- 1 tsp. melted butter
- 4 strawberries (pureed or mashed)
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cups confectioners sugar (powdered)
Supplies
- piping bag or plastic bag with tip snipped off
- donut pan (if you want donut holes, use a mini muffin pan instead)
Preparation
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until fully combined. 
2. Add the following wet ingredients to the dry ingredients: chopped strawberries, milk, egg, vanilla extract and melted butter. Stir all ingredients until fully mixed. 
3. Using a pastry bag or ziploc style plastic bag with corner snipped off to pipe the donut mixture, squeeze batter into a prepared and greased donut mold pan. 
4. Bake at for 9-10 minutes until lightly golden brown. 
5. Remove the strawberry donuts from pan and place on cooling rack until room temperature. Do not frost with strawberry cream cheese glaze until fully cool, icing will melt.
How to Make Strawberry Glaze for Donuts
Whip together the melted butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add in pureed strawberries, salt, and powdered sugar until you reach your desired glaze consistency. Them spread on top of the doughnuts.
Serve and enjoy! These frosted strawberry cake donuts are perfect with your morning coffee or to serve with tea.
Store the Doughnuts
Store any of the baked donuts which are not promptly eaten in an airtight container to keep them fresh. They will last 1-2 days are room temperature or 3-4 in the refrigerator.
Donut Recipes
Here are a few more of my favorite donut recipes for your baking and frying pleasure.
- Greek Yogurt Lemon Donuts with Lemon Icing
- Glazed Yeast Raised Donut Recipe
- Cranberry Orange Donuts with Orange Ginger Glaze
- Baked Maple Donuts Recipe with Maple Glaze
- Easy Apple Cider Donuts
- Cinnamon Sugar Donut Muffins are a great option if you don't have the specialty pan available.
Strawberry Donuts Recipe
Equipment
- piping bag or ziploc bag with tip snipped off
- donut pan, if you want donut holes, use a mini muffin pan instead
Ingredients
Donut Batter:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- ⅓ cup finely chopped fresh strawberries
Cream Cheese Strawberry Glaze for Donuts:
- 2 oz. cream cheese soften to room temperature
- 1 tsp. melted butter
- 4 strawberries pureed or mashed
- Pinch of salt
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt until fully combined.
- Add the following wet ingredients to the dry ingredients to create dough: chopped strawberries, milk, egg, vanilla extract and butter. Stir all ingredients until fully mixed.
- Using a pastry bag or ziploc style plastic bag with corner snipped off to pipe the donut mixture, squeeze batter into a prepared and greased donut mold pan. Bake for 9-10 minutes until lightly golden brown.
- Remove from pans and allow donuts to fully cool on a wire rack. Once cooled frost with strawberry cream cheese glaze.
- Prepare Frosting: Melted butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add in pureed berries, salt, and powdered sugar until you reach your desired glaze consistency.
Celia Whit says
Thanks for the recipe. The doughnuts went over wonderfully at our church breakfast.