Strawberry Champagne Mini Cake Donuts Combine the elegance of champagne with the sweetness of strawberries, these donuts are a sure way to add some sparkle to your day.
Preheat your oven according to the cake mix instructions.
Next, in a large bowl place your cake mix, eggs, water, oil, 1/2 cup of freeze dried strawberries, and 1/2 cup of champagne.
Mix all the ingredients together with your electric mixer until everything is combined and get your heart shaped donut pan and apply your non-stick baking spray for easy release and scoop up some cake mix and place it in one of the heart cavities. Only fill the slot half way.
Repeat this step to fill up each heart cavity.
Place the pan in the oven and bake for 10-11 minutes.
Allow the donuts to cool before removing them from the pan.
place them on a sheet of parchment paper.
Repeat this process until all of the cake mix has been used.
Once all the donuts are baked, begin to make your strawberry champagne glaze.
Making the Glaze
Place your powdered sugar, vanilla extract, and 5-6 tablespoons of champagne in a medium size bowl and whisk everything together.
Once everything is combined, pour in most of your freeze dried strawberries in the bowl. If the strawberries are not broken already, break and crush them so the pieces are not too large in the glaze.
Use your spatula to fold the strawberries into the glaze.
If the glaze is thick add 1 more tablespoon of champagne.
Next, cover the donuts with glaze. This can be done two ways:
2) drizzle the glaze over the donuts in a zigzag pattern.
use any remaining freeze dried strawberries to decorate the donuts and give them even more bursts of flavor.
Serve and enjoy.
Notes
Getting 2 Donut Pans will cut the Baking time in half