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-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.
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.
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
Galaxy Donuts Recipe
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:
- Preheat oven to 325 and generously grease a donut pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- Repeat until all donuts are frosted.
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Do you like to bake cake donuts? Who in your family would love galaxy donuts?
Prize winner: Michael M.
Antoinette M says
These galaxy donuts look delicious! Great for a party.
monique s says
These look amazing. THe galaxy decorations on top are so fun and whimsical the kids will adore them
Maryann D. says
I absolutely love the colors on these donuts! What a fun and tasty treat.
kathy pease says
I have never made cake donuts but my granddaughter would love these
Sara Tarver says
These look so cute and yummy!
Holly Thomas says
These are so beautiful, I really want to try to make them.
Amanda Alvarado says
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!
Kim Pincombe-Cole says
The icing on these donuts is amazing!!!
Brittany Cadden says
These are beautiful!! I’d eat them every day. 😍
Leona Olson says
I need to read this site more. Such clever ideas. I have a donut make so will try these.
Debbi Wellenstein says
Those donuts are so delicious looking! Almost too pretty to eat!
Susan Smith says
I love cake donuts. These look pretty and delicious.
Kirsten Lyon says
These donuts have an otherworldly look, and would be great for a party!
Tamra Phelps says
I’m amazed by the icing. It really has that ‘outer space’ look in the colors.
Sara Tarver says
These donuts are so pretty!
Sarah L says
I like the little stars and the colors you put on the donuts.
Thanks for the contest.
Antoinette M says
The donuts look so yummy!
Buddy Garrett says
These Galaxy donuts look out of this world. Pardon the pun. They look delicious.
kathy pease says
What a fun recipe. These look so pretty
Amy Deeter says
These galaxy donuts look so good . yummy
Cassandra D says
I like the galaxy donuts recipe and I would love to try this recipe.
Lily Kwan says
This recipe looks very tasty. Thanks for sharing!
AEKZ2 says
I love cake donuts. These donuts are fabulous!
Laura Tveras says
Love this! I didn’t know they made donut pans, and the glaze colors are really pretty! Going to try this soon!