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Homemade Unicorn Donut Recipe

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Magical, colorful, and OH so cute! Unicorns are a very popular Mythical creatures that is often a choice for themed birthdays! So why not make some unicorn themed desserts? Our homemade unicorn donut recipe would make the perfect addition to any unicorn themed event you have planned, or just a fun surprise for your kids one afternoon!

Cute and Easy Unicorn Donut Recipe

These adorable homemade unicorn donuts not only taste delicious but they sure are cute! Perfect for any unicorn themed party or just a fun treat to serve at your next get together. These donuts are easy to create and are packed full of delicious vanilla and nutmeg flavoring. These mythical unicorn creations are sure to put a smile on anyone’s face!

Check out our full ingredients and instructions for these homemade unicorn donut recipes below.

Homemade unicorn donut recipes.

How to Decorate Unicorn Donuts

For our recipe we listed a unicorn decorating kit, which can be found on amazon and some grocery stores baking sections. However if you are unable to get your hands on this kit you can easily substitute them and make your own! For the unicorn horn you can purchase mini ice cream cones, they have similar shapes. You can find these in most grocery stores and they often have different kinds like chocolate and vanilla.

For the ears consider using fondant pieces. If you would rather use other items consider buying sugar cookie dough or making your own and cut ears out and roll into a horn shape. This makes delicious edible unicorn accessories. You can also use food coloring gel pens and draw on faces, ears, and even a horn if you want to keep it a flat design.

Your options are really endless. Check out the baking section and see what you can use to create your adorable unicorn donuts!

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completed unicorn donuts with light blue and purple frosting in the donut hole, with ears and gold horn.

Can I Use Store Bought Donuts in this Recipe?

Although homemade is always better if you want to create a  unicorn donut and are running low on time you can also purchase plain glaze donuts and add your decorating pieces and frosting to create unicorns. This is always a fun option!

You still get to do the fun parts of designing and decorating but you save a ton of time. Perfect for last minute parties, classroom events, or just a fun sweet treat on a Friday night!

If you however do have time we highly recommend trying homemade donuts, once you have homemade donuts you will never want to stop into a donut shop again

close up of completed homemade unicorn donuts.

How to Make Homemade Donuts With Unicorn Frosting

Ingredients

Donuts

two large bottles of kirkland canola oil.

Vanilla Donut Icing

Clear Vanilla Flavor box

Frosting Ingredients:

unicorn cupcake decorating kit.

Directions

Vanilla nutmeg donuts

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with baking spray
  2. Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, ground nutmeg, sugar, baking powder and salt
  3. In a large bowl, whisk the milk, egg, vanilla and oil until combined
  4. Whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and smooth
  5. Scoop the batter into the piping bag and fill the donut cavity ¾ way full
  6. Bake in the oven for 12 minutes
  7. Instantly remove from oven and turn the pan over onto a wire rack and allow to cool

Vanilla Donut Icing

  1. Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl until combined and smooth
  2. Dip the cooled donuts into the glaze and place back onto a wire rack. Allow the donut glaze to harden before adding the frosting
plain cooked donut sitting in a bowl of white glazed icing.

Frosting Directions

  1. Using a standing mixer combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy
  2. whipping cream, vanilla, and mix on medium speed until combined and smooth
  3. Separate the frosting into three bowls
  4. Mix each color into their own bowl
  5. Spoon each color into the piping bag
  6. Pipe a dollop onto the center of the donut
  1. Place the Unicorn Horn and Ears from the decorating package into the center frosting dollop
close up of finished homemade unicorn donuts with white eats, gold horn, and blue and purple frosting.

Homemade Unicorn Donuts

Homemade Unicorn Donuts

These Homemade Unicorn Donuts are an absolute must have at your unicorn themed party!

Ingredients

Donuts

  • 1 Cup flour
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ¼ Cup sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 5 tbsp whole milk
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 large piping bag

Vanilla Donut Icing

  • 1 Cup powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp corn syrup
  • 1 tsp clear vanilla extract
  • 3-6 tbsp milk

Frosting

  • 1 Cup unsalted sweet cream butter, softened
  • 3 Cups powdered sugar
  • 5-7 tbsp. heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • Pink, purple, blue gel food coloring
  • 1 Unicorn cupcake decorating kit
  • 1 large piping bag fitted with a star tip

Instructions

    Vanilla nutmeg donuts

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with baking spray
  • Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, ground nutmeg, sugar, baking powder and salt
  • In a large bowl, whisk the milk, egg, vanilla and oil until combined
  • Whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and smooth
  • Scoop the batter into the piping bag and fill the donut cavity ¾ way full
  • Bake in the oven for 12 minutes
  • Instantly remove from oven and turn the pan over onto a wire rack and allow to cool

Vanilla Donut Icing

  • Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl until combined and smooth
  • Dip the cooled donuts into the glaze and place back onto a wire rack. Allow the donut glaze to harden before adding the frosting

Frosting

  • Using a standing mixer combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy
  • whipping cream, vanilla, and mix on medium speed until combined and smooth
  • Separate the frosting into three bowls
  • Mix each color into their own bowl
  • Spoon each color into the piping bag
  • Pipe a dollop onto the center of the donut
  • Place the Unicorn Horn and Ears from the decorating package into the center frosting dollop

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completed unicorn donuts with light blue and purple frosting in the donut hole, with ears and gold horn.
close up of completed homemade unicorn donuts.
two large bottles of kirkland canola oil.
Clear Vanilla Flavor box
unicorn cupcake decorating kit.
plain cooked donut sitting in a bowl of white glazed icing.
donut with white glaze ready to be decorated with ears, horns, and frosting.
above view of donut showing pink, light blue, and pruple frosting in the donut hole.
gold horns being added to unicorn donuts.
white ears being added to donut.
close up of finished homemade unicorn donuts with white eats, gold horn, and blue and purple frosting.
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