One Ingredient Makes the Softest Cake Donuts You'll Ever Eat

My potato donut recipe makes soft, golden cake donuts with no yeast and no machine. 🍩
Recipe 👉 https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/potato-donut-recipe/
Potato Donuts 🍩
Ingredients
2 large eggs, at room temperature
1 cup (10 oz/225 g) granulated sugar
1 cup (8 oz/225 g) plain mashed potatoes, warm
⅔ cup (5 fl oz/160 ml) whole milk
1 tablespoon (½ oz/14 g) butter, melted
1 ½ teaspoons salt
3 ¾ cups (18 ¾ oz/531 g) all-purpose flour
5 teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 quarts (64 oz/1.9 L) vegetable oil, for deep frying
Cinnamon Sugar Topping
1 cup (8 oz/225 g) granulated sugar
2 tablespoons cinnamon
½ teaspoon salt
Potato Donuts Chapters
0:00 Soft Cake Donuts, No Yeast, No Machine
0:22 The Star Ingredient: Mashed Potato
1:28 Eggs, Sugar, Milk & Melted Butter
2:46 Flour, Nutmeg & Baking Powder
3:26 Mixing by Hand & Chilling Overnight
4:13 Your Donut Questions Answered
5:14 Rolling & Cutting the Donuts
7:44 Frying: Golden, Not Greasy
10:43 Tossing in Cinnamon Sugar
11:14 Why Potato Makes Them So Soft
ABOUT GEMMA & BIGGER BOLDER BAKING
Hi Bold Bakers! I'm Gemma Stafford, a professional chef originally from Ireland, best-selling cookbook author, and creator of Bigger Bolder Baking. I want to help you bake with confidence anytime, anywhere through trusted recipes, baking techniques, and practical kitchen knowledge. Whether you've found me on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Netflix, or Food Network, my team and I are here to be your trusted authority for everything baking.
📌 FOLLOW ME HERE, BOLD BAKERS! 📌
🌐 Website: https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gemma_stafford/ | https://www.instagram.com/biggerbolderbaking/
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@biggerbolderbaking
👍 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiggerBolderBaking
📌 Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/BiggerBolderBaking/
🍰 All Recipes: https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/recipes/
#PotatoDonuts #HomemadeDonuts #BiggerBolderBaking
Video Summary
AI GeneratedChef Gemma Stafford demonstrates how to make soft, bakery-style cake doughnuts using mashed potatoes as a secret ingredient. Unlike yeasted doughnuts, these are mixed by hand, chilled overnight, and fried on a stove to achieve a crisp exterior and a moist, long-lasting interior.
