Turkish Delight mini doughnut nests

I have made these turkish delight inspired pink rose flavoured doughnuts many times as my Dad loves turkish delight! So for Easter I decided to make them into nests by dipping them in crumbled flakes and adding jelly eggs. I used a mini doughnut pan and a tiny doughnut pan, so I have some mini ones for my Easter table and some tiny ones that I will package up in my decorated egg boxes.







Gluten free turkish delight doughnuts (makes 24 mini doughnuts)

Ingredients

• 110g (1 cup) gluten free flour
• 1 tsp xantham gum
• 115g (1/2 cup) caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon rose essence
• 2 large eggs
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons buttermilk
• Non-stick cooking spray
• Pink food colouring

What you will need

• Mini doughnut pan

Cooking instructions

1. Preheat oven to 160 deg C, fan assisted (370 deg F)
2. Lightly spray doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray
3. In a bowl beat the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla essence and oil together until you get a foamy mixture
4. In a separate bowl, add the sieved dry ingredients to the sugar and mix
5. Gradually pour foamy mixture into dry ingredients and stir until mixture is combined
6. Stir rose essence and pink food colouring in to mixture, till you have an even colour
7. Pour mixture into greased doughnut pan until each cavity is 3/4 full (I prefer to use a piping bag to fill each cup more evenly and cleanly)
8. Bake in preheated oven for 10-15 mins or until doughnut springs back when lightly pressed
9. Turn out onto baking rack and leave to cool

Dark chocolate icing
Ingredients

• 150g dark chocolate, roughly chopped

Cooking instructions

1. In a microwavable bowl, melt dark chocolate in microwave on a low heat, stirring every minute so chocolate does not burn

Decorating the mini doughnuts
What you will need

• 24 mini doughnuts
• Melted dark chocolate
• 2 Flakes crumbled
• Mini jelly bean eggs
• Edible neon pink glitter

Decorating instructions

1. Dip doughnut into chocolate, shake off any excess
2. Dip into crumbled flakes
3. Place three eggs in centre
4. Sprinkle with glitter
5. Leave to set

Have a sweet day!