Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Print Donuts!

Enjoy some Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Print aka Lisa Frank Inspired Donuts!

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

Hey All!

With my Stranger Things obsession in full swing and the show bringing me back to my childhood, I figured I would make a nostalgic treat to enjoy. I decided to make some  Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Print Donuts aka Lisa Frank inspired donuts! I was obsessed with Lisa Frank as a kid and even though the company is so problematic, It still holds a special place in my heart to this day. There is nothing like seeing those unicorns and rainbows that doesn’t give me all the feels. I can’t see rainbow cheetah print, with out thinking Lisa Frank.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

These donuts give me all the 80’s and 90’s vibes. They are so tasty and easy to make.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

They are the perfect treat to enjoy some nostalgia with. Here is how to make them.

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Donuts:

1 Cup flour
1⁄4 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄4 Cup sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1⁄2 tsp kosher salt
5 tbsp whole milk
1 large egg
1⁄2 tsp pure vanilla extract 3 tbsp canola oil
1 large piping bag
1 Cup bright funfetti sprinkles

Vanilla Donut Icing:

4 Cups powdered sugar
4 tbsp corn syrup
3 tsp clear vanilla extract

1/2 Cup milk, plus more to thin the icing if need to
Purple, Sky Blue, Neon Green, Neon Yellow, Pink gel food coloring 5 squeeze bottles
2 disposable piping bags
5 small bowls to mix the dye the donut icing

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with baking spray. Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, ground cinnamon, sugar, baking powder and salt In a large bowl, whisk the milk, egg, vanilla and oil until combined.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts steps

Fold in the funfetti sprinkles and whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and smooth.

Scoop the batter into the piping bag and fill the donut cavity 3⁄4 way full and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts steps

Instantly remove from oven and turn the pan over onto a wire rack and allow to cool Place a small cookie sheet under the wire rack to easily clean up the donut icing Vanilla Donut Icing.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts steps

Directions for Icing:

Whisk all ingredients in a large bowl until combined and smooth.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts steps

If your icing is thick, whisk in 2 tbsp of milk until the icing is thick but lava like when you dip a spoon into the icing and it pours off the spoon like lava.

Scoop 1⁄2 Cup of frosting into each bowl. You will have left over frosting in the large bowl and that’s okay, you need it to mix a darker purple and a darker pink for the spots on the donut.

Drip at least 2 drops of each food coloring color into 1 bowl each and mix until fully combined and colored, pour the icing into their own squeeze bottles.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts stepsOnce the colors are in their squeeze bottles, scoop 1⁄4 C of icing into the purple and pink bowls.

Mix in at least 4-5 drops of the purple and pink food coloring into their respective bowls.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts steps

Mix until combined, then scoop the purple and pink into their own piping bags and set aside.

Starting with the purple icing, pour it over 1 side of the donut and let the icing drip over the donut.

Using the blue icing, pour it over a small section of the donut next to the purple icing.

Using the green icing, pour it over a section of the middle of the donut like in the IP images.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

Repeat step with the yellow and the pink icing. Allow the icing to set for 10 minutes.

Cut the tip off the dark pink piping bag and pipe different size spots all over the donuts to make it look like leopard spots.

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

Cut a the tip off the purple piping bag and pipe lines around the spots Allow the icing to harden for 20 minutes before enjoying!

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Donuts

Hope you love munching on these and watching some Stranger Things or your favorite 80’s or 90’s movie!

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Retro Rainbow Cheetah Print Donuts

Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Print Donuts!
 
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Throwback Rainbow Cheetah Print aka Lisa Frank Inspired Donuts!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • Donuts:
  • 1 Cup flour
  • 1⁄4 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1⁄4 Cup sugar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1⁄2 tsp kosher salt
  • 5 tbsp whole milk
  • 1 large egg
  • 1⁄2 tsp pure vanilla extract 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 large piping bag
  • 1 Cup bright funfetti sprinkles
  • Vanilla Donut Icing:
  • 4 Cups powdered sugar
  • 4 tbsp corn syrup
  • 3 tsp clear vanilla extract
  • ½ Cup milk, plus more to thin the icing if need to
  • Purple, Sky Blue, Neon Green, Neon Yellow, Pink gel food coloring 5 squeeze bottles
  • 2 disposable piping bags
  • 5 small bowls to mix the dye the donut icing
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a donut pan with baking spray. Using a small bowl, whisk the flour, ground cinnamon, sugar, baking powder and salt In a large bowl, whisk the milk, egg, vanilla and oil until combined.
  2. Fold in the funfetti sprinkles and whisk in the dry ingredients until combined and smooth.
  3. Scoop the batter into the piping bag and fill the donut cavity 3⁄4 way full and bake in the oven for 12 minutes.
  4. Instantly remove from oven and turn the pan over onto a wire rack and allow to cool Place a small cookie sheet under the wire rack to easily clean up the donut icing Vanilla Donut Icing.
  5. Directions for Icing:
  6. Whisk all ingredients in a large bowl until combined and smooth.
  7. If your icing is thick, whisk in 2 tbsp of milk until the icing is thick but lava like when you dip a spoon into the icing and it pours off the spoon like lava.
  8. Scoop 1⁄2 Cup of frosting into each bowl. You will have left over frosting in the large bowl and that's okay, you need it to mix a darker purple and a darker pink for the spots on the donut.
  9. Drip at least 2 drops of each food coloring color into 1 bowl each and mix until fully combined and colored, pour the icing into their own squeeze bottles.
  10. Once the colors are in their squeeze bottles, scoop 1⁄4 C of icing into the purple and pink bowls.
  11. Mix in at least 4-5 drops of the purple and pink food coloring into their respective bowls.
  12. Mix until combined, then scoop the purple and pink into their own piping bags and set aside.
  13. Starting with the purple icing, pour it over 1 side of the donut and let the icing drip over the donut.
  14. Using the blue icing, pour it over a small section of the donut next to the purple icing.
  15. Using the green icing, pour it over a section of the middle of the donut like in the IP images.
  16. Repeat step with the yellow and the pink icing. Allow the icing to set for 10 minutes.
  17. Cut the tip off the dark pink piping bag and pipe different size spots all over the donuts to make it look like leopard spots.
  18. Cut a the tip off the purple piping bag and pipe lines around the spots Allow the icing to harden for 20 minutes before enjoying!
 

Comments

  • " target="_blank">Celebrate Woman Today

    Vanessa,
    These are amazing! I absolutely adore the color and the multitude of them. Would like to bake them, too.

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