Baked Orange Doughnuts With Cinnamon Sugar

Directions

1. 1
   Preheat the oven to fan assisted 160C / 180C / 350F / gas 4 and lightly oil two 6 cup doughnut tins.
2. 2
   Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a large bowl and set aside. In another bowl, combine the buttermilk, eggs, melted butter, orange juice and orange zest.
3. 3
   Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until everything is just combined. Using a spoon, add the batter in to 8 doughnut cups until they are three quarters full.
4. 4
   Bake the doughnuts for 13-15 mins until a toothpick comes out clean, remove them from the oven and let them cool in the pan before transferring them to wire rack to cool completely.
5. 5
   Mix together the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl. Dip the donuts in the melted butter, let the excess butter drip off before dipping in the cinnamon sugar till they are well coated.