Well it has been quite a while since my last post, hasn't it? I don't really have any excuse for not posting; I honestly don't know how I had three months of summer break and didn't even post once!
Anyway, I'm back now and ready to blog! I have so many ideas for posts and I've written them all down so maybe I'll finally get them all done....
I'm really pleased with how these photos turned out considering this is my first ever baking post and I had to juggle both my camera and a spatula covered in icing. Lately I have been really into watching baking videos on YouTube and following Instagram accounts loaded with pictures of beautiful baked goods. (My favorites? CupcakeJemma on Youtube and NutmegAndHoneyBee and FantasticDonuts on Instagram. They make me want to make all the sweets!!!) I am by no means a professional baker or decorator but I decided that I really wanted to give some cute animal donuts a try.
For these sweet little fox donuts, I used a pretty basic recipe for plain vanilla batter that I found online, which is much more like cake batter than a traditional donut (but still really tasty!). I also used this mini donut maker, which is super cute but I will admit, a little tricky to use. I did manage to make about a dozen donuts that weren't burnt.
The best part of making these donuts is the decorating part!
I made a really simple vanilla icing using:
2 cups of powdered sugar
2 tablespoons of margarine
2 tablespoons of milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
I just put everything in a bowl and mixed with an electric mixer until fluffy. I then divided the icing in half and dyed half light pink using 2 drops of red food dye.
I started by just icing the whole donut with pink frosting using a knife. This totally doesn't have to be perfect! Just make sure there is an even layer for our next round of icing.
Next, I put the vanilla icing that I didn't dye into a piping bag and outlined a triangle onto the center of my donut. I used the piping bag to fill in the triangle and then spread it around with a knife. I used mini chocolate chips for the eyes and pink heart shaped sprinkles for the nose and the ears.
I think that these donuts turned out pretty well for my first time donut decorating and they would be perfect for a Valentine's Day get together! But really you could serve these treats any time of the year because they are just so cute. I also think it would be really fun to make these in different colors and maybe even add some whiskers and make these foxes into kittens!
Now I'm going to go eat these beauties and I promise I won't leave this blog for a whole year again. I had a lot of fun making these and I'd love to know what tips everyone has for baking posts!
