Frosted Spice Baked Cake Donuts

These are great spice donuts.  Since you bake them using a donut pan instead of fry them, they have less fat and fewer calories.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted

For the frosting

1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 tablespoons water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees.  Grease a baked donut pan.

1. Combine the flour, baking powder, spices, and salt in a large bowl.
2. In another bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar, vanilla, milk, and melted butter.
3. Add the liquid mixture to the flour mixture a third at a time, stirring after each addition.  Stir until the batter is smooth.
4. Fill the donut cavities 2/3 full of batter.  This recipe will make 12 large donuts.
5. Bake for eight minutes.  Cool for several minutes in the pan and then remove the donuts with a silicone spatula to completely cool on a rack.
6. For the glaze, mix the water a little at a time into the powdered sugar until it is the desired consistency, adding the butter and vanilla.  Frost the donuts.