Valentine’s Vegan Raspberry Donuts
Valentine’s Vegan Raspberry Donuts — a Dawn Foods recipe in 2 components, makes 12 donuts. Uses Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Raspberry – 1 kg.

- mixing time (slow speed)
- 2 min
- mixing time (high speed)
- 8-10 min
- resting time
- 10 min
- dough thickness
- 1 cm
- proofing time
- 40-50 min
- proofing temperature
- 38 °C
- proofing humidity
- 85 % RH
- air drying time
- 10 min
- frying temperature
- 180 °C
- frying time (each side)
- 60 s
- icing temperature
- 40 °C
Ingredients
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| Ingredient | Quantity |
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| Dawn Balance Vegan Donut Mix | 500 g |
| Fresh yeast | 25 g |
| Active dry yeast (alternative to fresh yeast) | 8 g |
| Water | 245 g |
Assembly
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Delifruit Classic Raspberry | 200 g |
| Dawn Glossy Icing White | 300 g |
| Dawn Foods Flavouring Compounds, Raspberry – 1 kgDawn Raspberry Compound | 1 tbsp |
| Sprinkles of choice (to decorate) |
Method
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Mix the Dawn Balance Vegan Donut Mix, yeast and water in a mixer on slow for 2 minutes, followed by 8-10 minutes at high speed, scraping the bowl down as required until you have an elastic dough.
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Cover the bowl and let rest for 10 minutes.
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Line two deep baking trays with greaseproof paper.
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Sprinkle a clean worktop with flour and roll out the dough to 1 cm.
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Use a heart and a circle cutter to cut out 12 donuts, placing them down on the prepared trays, evenly spaced apart.
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Reroll the dough and repeat as needed.
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Cover the trays with cling film and proof 40-50 minutes at 38°C / 85% RH.
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Remove the cling film and allow to air dry for 10 minutes.
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Heat a pan of oil to 180°C.
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Lower the donuts into the oil and fry for 60 seconds on each side. Lift out and place on a cooling rack.
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Once the donuts have cooled, fill a piping bag with the Dawn Delifruit Raspberry fruit filling.
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Use a knife to make a small cut in the side of each donut.
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Insert the piping bag and carefully fill the donuts with the raspberry filling, using roughly 1 tbsp per donut.
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Heat the Dawn Glossy Icing to 40°C and stir in the Dawn Raspberry Compound.
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Dip the donuts halfway in to the icing and then carefully lift out and place back on the cooling rack. If using sprinkles, sprinkle immediately.
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Repeat with remaining donuts and then serve!
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.