These baked kitty cat doughnuts are SO adorable, they’re sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face! Great for parties, special occasions, or just to brighten your day!
Sugar and spice and everything nice, that’s what little girls are made of.
I’m not what you would call a ‘girly girl’, so for a pink explosion of this magnitude to be happening in my kitchen, there must be a good reason. Well folks, there is… I’m pregnant! And as you may have already guessed, it’s a girl!
When we found out we were having a little girl, I looked over at Mr. HNN; he had a look of overwhelming joy and pure terror on his face. One of the first things he said was, ‘I’m enrolling her in MMA‘ – preparing her for the day she starts to date, no doubt.
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Our little Rhonda Rousey aside, she’s been super easy so far – no morning sickness, no strong cravings, and no food aversions… per se. Perhaps food ‘aversion’ is too strong of a word for me, I would describe it more as just a general non-interest in food – it’s just that nothing really seems that appealing. Which as you can imagine, has made it rather difficult to blog about food! Naturally, the only foods that I want to eat are all of the ones I can’t have – runny eggs, sushi, smoked salmon, and I would kill for a club sandwich pilled high with deli turkey!
Now I’ve said I haven’t had any strong cravings (turkey club aside), and that’s true. But there is something that I have been enjoying that I usually don’t, and that’s sweets! I have never had much of a sweet tooth, but since I’ve been pregnant, I’ve been indulging a bit. My mother suggested that perhaps it has to do with cutting out wine, and no longer getting those sugars. Clearly my mother knows how much wine I drink, or perhaps I should say drank, and I’m not quite sure what that says about my previous drinking habits… but I digress.
If you want to bring a smile to your day or someone else’s, these kitty cat doughnuts are sure to do the trick! Make them just be for the fun – no pregnancy needed 😉 Use any color or combination of colors you want and get crazy with different sprinkles. Have fun with them and enjoy!
- Doughnuts
- Baking spray
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1¼ cup whole milk
- 1 extra large egg, lightly beaten
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- Almond slivers
- Pink Glaze
- 2 cups confectionary sugar, divided
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream, divided
- Pink food coloring, or color of your choice*
- Grey Glaze
- ½ cup confectionary sugar
- 2 teaspoons heavy cream
- Red, green, and blue food coloring
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a doughnut pan - 2 if you have them.
- Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt into a large bowl. In a separate, small bowl, whisk together the milk, egg, vanilla extract, and butter. Stir the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients, until just combined, being careful not to over-mix.
- Carefully spoon the batter into the doughnut molds and fill approximately ¾ of the way full. Bake for 15 - 17 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow the doughnuts to cool for about 5 minutes and then turn them out onto wire rack to continue cooling.
- While the doughnuts are cooling, prepare the icing. For the pink icing (or whatever color you choose) set out 2 medium bowls large enough to dip the tops of doughnuts in. Add 1 cup of confectionary sugar to each bowl and then 1 tablespoon of heavy cream to each bowl of confectionary sugar. Stir until the confectionary sugar has turned into a thick glaze. For a really nice, deep color, add 4-5 drops of the food coloring to one bowl. To the other bowl, add 1-2 drops of food coloring for a softer color. (You can a little more heavy cream if you need smooth it out a bit, but not too much, the glaze should be nice and thick). Cover the bowls, close to the surface of the icing with plastic wrap until ready to use.
- Once the doughnuts have cooled, take the almond slices and gently push them into the side to make cat ears. Make sure the pointed end of the almond is sticking out.
- Dip one side of the doughnuts into the icing. If you want, you can dip it a couple of times for a stronger color. If you're using sprinkles, sprinkle while the glaze is still wet. Then move to a cooling rack or onto parchment paper to dry.
- To make the grey icing for the kitty cat faces, mix ½ cup of confectionary sugar with 2 teaspoon of heavy cream in a small bowl. Add 1 drop of red food coloring, 2 drops of blue, and 2 drops of green. Combine until smooth. Scoop the grey icing into a small sandwich bag or other small plastic bag. Push the icing down into one corner and clip off the corner of the bag (clip just a tiny hole, otherwise the icing will come out too quickly when decorating). Pipe the icing at the top of the doughnuts where the almond ears are, creating the eyes, nose, and whiskers. Allow to dry. Serve and enjoy!
Look gorgeous. Doughnuts seem sweety and yummy. Love it, Kathleen. I love the color and design. Thanks for sharing this. I hope that you could put total preparation time and cooking time, it is very useful for me if you could do that.
Hi Sabrina! Sure thing! So the doughnuts themselves will take about 15 minutes of prep and 15 -17 to bake, provided you have two trays. To glaze and decorate will take about another 15 minutes of active time- depending on how quickly you can get those little whiskers and noses on there 😉 I’d give yourself about 45 – an hour (buffer). I went ahead and updated the recipe to show the time – thanks for asking, Sabrina! Hope you have a great weekend!
HOW STINKINGLY CUTE ARE THESE!!! Cute food is hard to eat sometimes………. Well, not after taking at LEAST 50 photos of them! LOL!
Oh my goodness – I am giving you the biggest virtual hug ever! A mini Kathleen!!! That is so so wonderful, my sweet friend! I am so happy for you and the hubby. These doughnuts are such a sweet and darling way to celebrate and share the news with us readers. I’m excited for you, smiling, and drooling all at once! <3
Big congratulations Kathleen! So sorry that I missed the post until now! What a great news. I’m happy for you and excited about the adventure ahead of you.
These pink doughnuts are super adorable! Me too I’m not a girly girl but the pink color does brighten my mood 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend and take care!
same to David haha my little princess love pink so much. everything about her must be pink!
and who want to say no with these cute doughnuts? even me, I love their color, very eye-catching. xD
this is gonna be the best gift for my daughter. ( I wonder if she doesn’t want to eat them just because they’re so beautiful) xoxo
Thanks, Pat! The rolling wave of pink baby items have already started. My mom recently sent the cutest little pink Converse shoes! I think these kitty cat doughnuts will be such a lovely gift for your little girl. But something tells me she’ll get over the cuteness of these pretty quickly and scarf them down 😉
I have a girl, too. she love all the pink things, her toys, her room, her dress, her nails,…. so this pink doughnut recipe will be the ideal gift I can make for her. thanks for sharing this, friend.
Oh my gosh, too cute! In that case, I’m sure she’ll love these pretty in pink doughnuts – what a sweet gift!
Hope you have a great weekend 🙂
I have no idea how I missed this post…BUT so glad you finally announced it 🙂 And these doughnuts…Look God Bless you for being able to do shiz like this….I would pretty much kill myself half way through…And those little ears! AHHH adorbs! And I see you got those cool measuring spoons too! I have been eyeing them myself 🙂
Thanks girl! And the Dreamfarm levoons are pretty fun to use in the kitchen 🙂
Congratulations, Kathleen! That is so crazy exciting!!
I had a little girl the end of May and it’s been amazing having her around. They can be baby blogging buddies. 🙂
Thanks, Kristen! And oh my gosh, congratulation to you too! That’s so exciting! She’s certainly going to grow up with some incredible food.
You’re right, Kathleen – these have sure brightened up my morning, and that’s just from looking at the photos. They’re like a super cute version of Hello Kitty!
And HOW appropriate for announcing your wonderful news – congratulations!!! So so pleased for you. And hey, guess what… me too!! I haven’t announced mine on the blog yet – not sure when I will – feels a bit strange to announce it to the world, but that’s me just being me. How many months are you? We’re at just over 5, but haven’t found out the sex. Hubs didn’t want to 🙁
I know what you mean about not being into food. I wasn’t at first either, but at the same time I needed to keep eating to stave off the sickness. It’s certainly been a bit tough keeping up with the blog, when the last thing I wanted to think about was food!
Anyway, don’t want to steal your thunder – this should be all about you. CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN!
Omg, you are! CONGRATULATIONS to you too!!! It looks like we’re going to have a fairly close due date – I’m 21 weeks now and we’re due at the end of January. Sounds like you want to know the sex… any way they can let you know and not Mr. Scrummy? 😉
That’s so crazy, Kathleen – my due date is 25th Jan! How exciting!
I decided I could just about live with not knowing the sex. I’m sure I’d give it away within days if I knew and he didn’t!! 🙂
Omg, seriously?! How awesome is that?! Ha, what are the chances?!
And I’m sure you’re right. I chat with people and keep saying ‘she’ without realizing it. Then they say, ‘oh, you’re having a girl?’ So probably wise to not know if your hubby does not 😉
Congratulations! What exciting news! She is gonna love to make those pink kitty cat doughnuts with you one day! They certainly made me smile! 🙂
You just brought a BIG smile to my day!! Congratulations, Kathleen! I’m so happy for you guys! This is a perfect post to share your beautiful news!! I love the pink and these doughnuts are too adorable! <3
Oh my gaaaaahhh!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! EEEE!! I am SOOO thrilled for you! And a girl!! YAYYY! <3 Totally doing a happy dance over here, like I myself am preggers. 😉 I'm glad to hear your pregnancy is going well.. aside from wanting things you can't have! I feel like that would be my problem too. I know I would want all the sushi, smoked salmon, deli meats and bottles of wine. Lol. Anyways, these kitty cat doughnuts are beyond adorable! My niece is obsessed with hello kitty and the girl can eat like it's her job, so I KNOW she would freak over these! Totally making these for her next time I see her! LOVE them! Pinned! Cheers, pretty lady! And congrats again!! xo
Many many congratulations to you both Kathy. I am so thrilled for you. Yaayyyyy for baby girl. And what a fun way to announce this good news. These baked kitty cat doughnuts look so so cute and full of yumminess. I bet my li’l one would go gaga over these! 🙂 Will make these for here soon. And hope li’l miss sunshine is keeping would be mommy well! 🙂 Take care.
SQUEE!!!!! And you know I’m not a girly girl either, but SQUEE anyway!! 😉 Congratulations!! I’m so excited for you and your husband Kathleen – you are going to be such an awesome mom.
And, you’re right about these little pink kitties so adorable!
CONGRATULATIONS! How exciting for you both! These doughnuts are so adorable and perfect for such a celebration! Pinned!
Congratulations!! fantastic news Kathleen! your baby girl will be spoilt with lots of Kitty chan stuff 😀 I am sure. Love the donuts! eye catching too Kawaii to eat <3
Congratulations Kathleen! I am so excited for you both. You are going to be an awesome mama! Now on to these adorable baked hello kitty donuts…so cute and they have brought a smile to my face here on this gloomy rainy Saturday morning! You know I have a donut baking tray that i bought several years ago and have not even used but once. I am going to have to crack that back out and maybe use blue frosting and doggie footprints for my boys. Hugs to you!!! Sharing everywhere!
What wonderful news, Kathleen! I remember our discussion at Nagi’s blogger conference. I’m happy to report my daughter became pregnant in January and had a son this Weds. Sept 7. He’s so beautiful! (She did not find out the sex beforehand, so it was very exciting when he arrived.) All the best to you!
Thanks, Marlene! And a big congratulations to your daughter as well! 🙂
OMG! Congratulations Kathleen! I’m very happy for you and Mr. HNN! When I saw this recipe on Facebook, I was a bit surprise because I remember you said you don’t like sweets too much. Now, it all makes sense! By the way, these donuts are really impressive. So adorable! They reminds me of the cute donuts in Japan. 🙂
Congrats again Kathleen! So happy for you guys! Glad you are doing well! What a fun way to announce – these donuts look so cute! Sharing!
Congrats to you and Mr HNN! How exciting and having a little girl is so sweet! Can’t wait to see pics of her when she arrives 🙂 Love these cute doughnuts girl! I was wondering how you did the ears and the almond slices are too perfect. Yummy! Will have to make these soon 😉
OH MY GOSH!!!!! I’m so happy for you, Kathleen! You are going to be fantastic parents and I am over the moon. 😀 And a little girl, too. AHHHHHH! Hooray! I am so excited for you guys. BTW these doughnuts are so spectacular, I clicked over and pinned them immediately, but they really take second place to your news. So happy for you. Love, Meggan
Oh my goodness CONGRATULATIONS Kathleen!! That is such amazing news! How long until she arrives? And definitely worth making the pinkest doughnuts ever for (YES to the sprinkles!). Hope you are having the best week x
Thanks so much! She’s due at the end of January so I’m at the halfway mark! 🙂
I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!! Yes, I am shouting this and I think we should all eat as many pink donuts as we can to celebrate.
CONGRATULATIONS Kathleen!!!!!!! That is such exciting news!! So happy for you guys!! I consider myself a bit of a girly girl and love pink, but, you know what? Growing up I did a couple of types of martial arts, Taw Kwon Do and Kenpo. I actually really enjoyed both, especially Kenpo. And UFC with Rhonda Rousey? Love it! Maybe Mr. HNN is onto something…great exercise too!
So funny that you have a craving for sweets lately…I bet your mother is right 🙂
These beautiful donuts put a smile on my face as soon as I saw them, but I had an even bigger smile when I read your wonderful news. Congrats again to you guys! xo
Thanks so much, Dawn! How cool that you grew up practicing various forms of martial arts – I think a girly girl that’s a badass too is pretty awesome! It’s all about balance and being well-rounded 🙂 Hope you have a great weekend my dear.