Recently, I was thinking about my grandpa’s delicious red velvet cake. It is seriously the best dessert I have ever had. I could eat the whole cake, although I might die from a sugar coma! But anyway, I really wanted something red velvet flavored, so I decided to make some red velvet protein donuts. I’m not sure it can get any better than red velvet donuts.

I have been really busy lately. Between getting ready for my race in Vermont this weekend and my teachers loading me down with a bunch of homework and projects before summer, I haven’t had a lot of time to cook. Luckily though, I was able to make these amazing donuts. They make the pain of school work a little easier.

These donuts had a really good moist cakey texture. It can be easy to overcook when you are baking with protein powder and it will get really dry. I always like to add Greek yogurt, pumpkin, applesauce, mashed banana, etc. to help keep the baked goods from drying out. It also helps to use a protein powder that is a blend of proteins such as MusclePharm combat protein powder.

Once the donuts were cooled, I dipped them in a cream cheese glaze. Whenever you have red velvet, you gotta have the cream cheese icing/glaze with it. I used some of my Sweet Spreads vanilla coconut butter with cream cheese, milk and stevia to make the glaze. It’s just not a proper donut without a sweet glaze.

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