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Gingerbread Cake Donuts with Cranberry Glaze (Gluten-Free, Vegan)

Wonderfully moist Gingerbread Cake Donuts with Cranberry Glaze are gluten-free, vegan, and refined sugar-free. A perfect holiday breakfast treat!
Course Breakfast
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 12 donuts
Calories 247kcal
Author Tessa

Ingredients

For Donuts

  • 1 flax egg 1 tablespoon flaxseed meal + 3 tablespoons warm water, allow to sit a few mins
  • ½ cup sorghum flour
  • 1 cup almond flour/meal
  • ¼ cup tapioca flour
  • ¼ cup sweet white rice flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ cup organic unrefined cane sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • pinch of ground cloves
  • ¼ cup melted coconut oil cooled
  • ¾ cup unsweetened almond milk
  • ¼ cup molasses
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For Glaze

  • 1 cup fresh cranberries
  • ¼ teaspoon orange zest
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 cup organic unrefined cane sugar
  • pinch of salt
  • unsweetened shredded coconut optional

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a 6-cavity nonstick donut pan with coconut oil (if you have two pans, even better!).
  • In a small bowl, prepare your flax egg and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine sorghum flour, 1 cup almond flour, tapioca flour, sweet white rice flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and spices. Add coconut oil, almond milk,molasses, and vanilla extract, stirring to combine.
  • Spoon donut batter into cavities of donut tray, filling ¾ of the way full. Bake for 19-21 minutes or until you start to see edges and tops turn a golden brown. Remove from oven and allow donuts to remain in pan for 3-5 minutes. Using a knife to loosen edges, carefully remove donuts from pan and allow to cool the rest of the way on a wire rack.
  • While donuts are cooling, place the cranberries, orange zest, and water in a small saucepan and bring to a simmer over low heat. Stir often, crushing berries as they begin to soften, doing so until the mixture reaches a jammy consistency, about 8-9 minutes. Some of the berries may pop open due to heat, so be careful, and feel free turn heat down a bit to avoid this. Set aside to cool.
  • Place the 1 cup of unrefined cane sugar in a blender. Blend on high to blitz your sugar into a powdery consistency. Once the cranberry mixture has cooled considerably, add it to the blender along with a pinch of salt. Blend until smooth.
  • Place a sheet of parchment paper underneath your donuts on the wire rack. Using a spoon, drizzle the cranberry glaze over your donuts. Sprinkle shredded coconut on top of donuts if desired.

Notes

Donuts adapted from my Blueberry Cinnamon Cake Donuts. Cranberry glaze adapted from Food & Wine.

Nutrition

Calories: 247kcal | Carbohydrates: 43g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 174mg | Potassium: 147mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 31g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 88mg | Iron: 1mg