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Baked Galaxy Cake Donuts

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Galaxy donuts on a rack and on a plate.
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galaxy donuts on a plate
Baked cake donuts on a plate. Galaxy donuts stacked.

Cake donuts are easy to bake and fun to decorate.

With a box of cake mix and some simple ingredients, you can whip up a batch of far-out donuts in no time.

Galaxy donuts stacked on a plate.

Galaxy-Glazed Baked Cake Donuts

Instead of purchasing a box of donuts for your next sleepover, bake up some galaxy donuts.

Kids can help create otherworldly glaze swirls.

Perhaps you’re planning a space brunch or space-themed bridal shower.

Those both sound like events I’d love to attend.

Maybe you plan to have a day of watching space movies.

Whatever the case, there’s no reason needed to make galaxy donuts.

Galaxy donuts with star sprinkles stacked on a plate.

All you need to do is bake donuts using a box of cake mix and a donut pan.

Put the cake batter into a bag and snip the end to fill the donut pan easily.

Be sure to read our notes in the recipe card regarding temperature adjustments depending on your donut pan.

Galaxy cake donuts with glaze on a rack.

Once you’re ready to decorate the cake donuts, it’s time to launch your creativity!

Go wild with the colors because there are no rules when it comes to making your galaxy unique.

Maybe the colors you want to use are for a galaxy not yet discovered.

To infinity and beyond with the glaze options!

More Galaxy Desserts:

  • Galaxy bark candy recipe
  • How to make galaxy cupcakes
  • Galaxy party popcorn snack recipe
  • No-churn galaxy ice cream
  • Quick and easy galaxy fudge
Steps to make baked cake galaxy donuts.
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Yield: 24 donuts

Galaxy Donuts Recipe

Galaxy donuts stacked on a plate.

Bake up some cake donuts for your next brunch or party. The gorgeous space glaze will please the biggest galaxy fans. 

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 13 minutes
Total Time 28 minutes

Ingredients

  • 15.25 oz chocolate cake mix, 1 package
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 egg
  • Icing Ingredients:
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 cup half and half, plus 1 tablespoon
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • Wilton royal blue food coloring
  • Wilton pink food coloring
  • Wilton violet food coloring
  • Wilton black food coloring
  • Wilton Silver Stars
  • White pearlized jimmies

Instructions

Donut Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325 and generously grease a donut pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  2. Add cake mix, water, oil and egg to a mixing bowl and mix well. Pour into a large, gallon size, resealable bag. Seal. Snip the tip and pipe batter into prepared pan. Fill pans about half full of batter. Bake for 11-13 minutes or until done. Let set in pan for 5 minutes before removing from pan and cooling on a wire rack. Let cool completely before icing.

Icing Directions:

  1. In a large mixing bowl, add sugar, half and half and vanilla. Whisk well until combined making sure mixture is "ribbony" when lifted with whisk. Divide into four separate bowls. Color each bowl a separate color. Pour each color into a shallow bowl or dish and swirl with toothpicks to mix colors.
  2. Dip donuts into icing and twist to swirl colors. Lift and let drizzle a bit before flipping over and letting drip onto a wire rack. Add sprinkles and stars.
  3. Repeat until all donuts are frosted.

Notes

Nutrition facts are only an estimate and do not include toppings.
The donut pans are from Amazon. Because they are dark, we reduced the cooking temperature by 25 degrees. If you have light-colored donut pans, we suggest you bake at 350 degrees.
These are standard size donuts. 

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

24

Serving Size:

1 donut

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 162Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 148mgCarbohydrates: 30gFiber: 0gSugar: 22gProtein: 1g

Nutrition facts are an estimate only.

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Comments

  1. Antoinette M says

    May 2, 2019 at 4:02 pm

    These galaxy donuts look delicious! Great for a party.

  2. monique s says

    May 4, 2019 at 7:16 am

    These look amazing. THe galaxy decorations on top are so fun and whimsical the kids will adore them

  3. Maryann D. says

    May 5, 2019 at 6:38 am

    I absolutely love the colors on these donuts! What a fun and tasty treat.

  4. kathy pease says

    May 5, 2019 at 3:41 pm

    I have never made cake donuts but my granddaughter would love these

  5. Sara Tarver says

    May 6, 2019 at 1:53 am

    These look so cute and yummy!

  6. Holly Thomas says

    May 6, 2019 at 5:16 pm

    These are so beautiful, I really want to try to make them.

  7. Amanda Alvarado says

    May 9, 2019 at 7:19 pm

    These looks so good but can you taste the coloring in the icing? I know every time I have had something with a dark icing like that, you can taste the bitterness of the coloring!

  8. Kim Pincombe-Cole says

    May 10, 2019 at 3:09 pm

    The icing on these donuts is amazing!!!

  9. Brittany Cadden says

    May 10, 2019 at 3:54 pm

    These are beautiful!! I’d eat them every day. 😍

  10. Leona Olson says

    May 11, 2019 at 2:11 pm

    I need to read this site more. Such clever ideas. I have a donut make so will try these.

  11. Debbi Wellenstein says

    May 12, 2019 at 1:29 pm

    Those donuts are so delicious looking! Almost too pretty to eat!

  12. Susan Smith says

    May 12, 2019 at 5:15 pm

    I love cake donuts. These look pretty and delicious.

  13. Kirsten Lyon says

    May 24, 2019 at 8:56 am

    These donuts have an otherworldly look, and would be great for a party!

  14. Tamra Phelps says

    May 27, 2019 at 6:01 pm

    I’m amazed by the icing. It really has that ‘outer space’ look in the colors.

  15. Sara Tarver says

    May 27, 2019 at 6:58 pm

    These donuts are so pretty!

  16. Sarah L says

    May 27, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    I like the little stars and the colors you put on the donuts.
    Thanks for the contest.

  17. Antoinette M says

    May 28, 2019 at 9:03 am

    The donuts look so yummy!

  18. Buddy Garrett says

    May 28, 2019 at 12:34 pm

    These Galaxy donuts look out of this world. Pardon the pun. They look delicious.

  19. kathy pease says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:29 pm

    What a fun recipe. These look so pretty

  20. Amy Deeter says

    May 28, 2019 at 3:01 pm

    These galaxy donuts look so good . yummy

  21. Cassandra D says

    May 28, 2019 at 10:02 pm

    I like the galaxy donuts recipe and I would love to try this recipe.

  22. Lily Kwan says

    May 28, 2019 at 11:20 pm

    This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!

  23. AEKZ2 says

    May 28, 2019 at 11:54 pm

    I love cake donuts. These donuts are fabulous!

  24. Laura Tveras says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:36 pm

    Love this! I didn’t know they made donut pans, and the glaze colors are really pretty! Going to try this soon!

  25. Lisa Joy Thompson says

    December 18, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Donuts are my favorite food but I’ve never made cake donuts before. I’ve made boston cream donuts and glazed donuts, but I totally need to try my hand at these. They’re so fun!

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