Do you have flavors that you shy away from in some baked goods? I do and one of them is strawberry. Some cookies, cakes and donuts that have “strawberry” in the title have no real strawberry taste.
Though they have lots of red color, it’s just a general red flavor.
But, I love strawberries in baked goods and really wanted a donut that was filled with real strawberry flavor. So, I made some. . .baked strawberry donuts with fresh strawberry frosting.
Fresh strawberries are mixed into a vanilla base and transfer an ordinary donut into something special!
The frosting for these donuts really couldn’t be easier. Fresh strawberries are mashed into a puree and stirred into confectioner’s sugar and butter, that is it. The butter in the frosting is optional, but I highly recommend it.
It adds a rich creaminess that makes the donut so much better! If you close your eyes while you take a bite, you can almost imagine that it’s warm out and the sun is shining!
- For the Donuts
- 1 C white whole wheat flour
- 1 C all-purpose flour
- ½ C sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- ¾ C non-fat buttermilk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 3 tbsp butter, melted and cooled
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ⅔ C strawberries, finely chopped
- ¼ C strawberries, chopped
- 1 tbsp butter, softened (optional)
- 2 C confectioner's sugar, sifted
- Preheat oven to 350. Lightly spray donut pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flours, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together milk, eggs, butter, and vanilla. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir until just combined. Gently fold in strawberries.
- Using a pastry bag or plastic bag with the tip cut off, pipe batter into donut pan filling each cavity about ⅔-3/4 full.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until edges just start to turn golden brown.
- Remove pan from oven to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before removing donuts from pan.
- Repeat with remaining batter.
- While donuts are cooling, prepare glaze.
- Mash strawberries into a pulp, add butter, and stir in 1 cup of the confectioner's sugar. It may seem like the frosting isn't coming together, but keep stirring. Continue adding confectioner's sugar ¼ cup at a time until you reach desired consistency. If you find that you added too much confectioner's sugar, let it sit for a couple of minutes to allow the strawberries to juice or add a few more pieces of chopped strawberry.
- Spread frosting on donuts. Serve.
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Hello perfect Valentines day treat if I ever did see one! These are so pretty Jessica, and I love that they are baked! Love them!
I love the flavors in these! My kids would go crazy for the frosting! Pinned!
I need these! Strawberries are my favorite fruit and who wouldn’t love them baked into a donut and then spread over the top. Yum!
I love strawberry flavored anything and your donuts look like something that I would be excited to get out of bed for!
Looks delicious!! I love strawberries in anything and donuts sounds amazing!
I hate it when baked goods have strawberry in the tittle yet they’re not made with the real stuff! :–( These donuts, on the other hand, look super fresh and delicious! What a fun breakfast treat! xx
These donuts are AMAZING! A great way to start the week.
When I was a teenager there was a Amish store that my mom and I would always do our grocery shopping in in PA. They had the MOST amazing strawberry donuts and this makes me think of them. They look delicious!
Serious amounts of YUM in these donuts. I love strawberries. I love donuts. What’s not to love about strawberry donuts!! GREAT recipe!
Could these be any cuter? Love the fun color!
Yum! I am the same way with strawberry baked goods – I don’t like artificial strawberry flavoring but love the real stuff! These look delicious!
Oh these are so beautiful!! I love fresh fruit in my baked goods too 😉
I love that you used FRESH strawberries for your frosting. So pretty!
I just had some fresh strawberries on the weekend and they didn’t taste very good. I guess it’s not the time of the year for them here. I have to wait for June for fresh ones. In the meantime, I’ll dream about these yummy donuts! 🙂
High five for donut Mondays!! Swooning over this frosting!
Fresh strawberries in baked goods are the best! I would love to pretend like it’s summertime with these donuts. 🙂
These look deliciously perfect! I love strawberries in baked goods!
Mmm, strawberry doughnuts are my FAVE. Of course I mean the fake strawberry ones, which is horrible, I know 🙂 so I can only imagine how much more delicious these must be!
I definitely agree with you – I want lots of strawberry flavor when it’s called strawberry something or other! lol These sound wonderful : )
I thought I was the only one!! I always shy away from strawberries in baked goods, but these look perfect!
I can’t wait until strawberry season so I can make some of these donuts. I love strawberry anything and this is making me long for strawberry season.
Jessica, your strawberry donuts look truly scrumptious! I just adore strawberries and love using them in my baking, too. Love that frosting! Thanks for sharing, girl. Pinning tonight! xo
I feel the same way about strawberries in desserts. Fresh is the way to go!
These donuts are making me excited for valentines day. These would be a perfect treat to have when we start our day. Long live using the real deal instead of anything fake! Great recipe
So pretty! I love fresh strawberry flavor in baked goods.
I love fresh strawberries so much, which makes me kinda hate fake “strawberry” flavour – these look amazing, and so pretty!
Amazing recipe! I am so into berries lately – love the idea of fresh strawberries in a donut too!
These are so pretty! We have been on the same wavelength with the skinny taco dip and now pretty pink frosting!
I love strawberry everything, but you’re definitely right that there usually just isn’t enough fruit flavor to make it worth my while. But these…these are perfect. I love that the frosting is essentially just strawberry puree!
These donuts look wonderful! I feel the same about strawberry desserts and love that you used fresh ones in here 🙂
Oh my gosh! Best donut idea ever! I love how these look and love the idea for the fresh strawberry topping. Awesome job!
Strawberry Doughnuts!!! Hello I’m in love…
This would be the perfect v-day breakfast! Love the fresh strawberries!! SO adorable
What beautiful doughnuts! And so full of fresh strawberry flavor, what could be better during all this cold weather than a burst of fresh fruit! 😀 Brilliant!
baked strawberry donuts… yes please! These would make me feel less guilty indulging in them! 🙂
While I hate artificial strawberry stuff, I looooove real strawberries in baked goods, and especially in frostings and glazes. These donuts sound SO perfect – totally my type of afternoon snack with a cup of hot tea.
If you’re offering up a rich strawberry frosting, I’m not going to say no. These donuts look stunning with that fluffy frosting. I’m in love.
I literally just made strawberry frosting for the cupcakes I made for our niece’s first birthday party this weekend and everyone went bonkers for it. Let’s throw a strawberry frosting party! 🙂
i love strawberry frosting! these doughnuts look phenomenal 🙂
I don’t believe I have ever had a strawberry doughnut. Although I have a sneaky feeling I actually may have made them at one point but have completely forgotten. Either way I think these need to happen.
These look so beautiful!!
Baked strawberry donuts with strawberry frosting-yes, please!!! These sound amazing! 😉
These are so pretty!! I love strawberries and I can’t think of a better tasting way to start the day. 🙂
This reminds me of a bagel with strawberry frosting for some reason!! Sounds amazing though…first time on your blog. Love that you have such unique recipes. Great job! I have an addiction to the kitchen too 😉
These doughnuts look beyond amazing! That frosting is fabulous!
These donuts look beautiful! I’m definately saving this recipe to make for my kids this weekend!