“Hey Alexa, play ‘Birthday Cake’ by Rihanna…” My primary baking goal for the early part of 2021 is to master gluten-free donuts. Healthy baking is my favorite category of recipe posts to whip up, so it’s really easy for me to spend hours in the kitchen baking these goodies. 9 times out of 10 I would prefer to bake than to cook – is that just me!? Anywho… Today I’m coming at ya with my delicious gluten-free birthday cake donuts! (Also dairy-free)

Dairy-Free & Gluten-Free Birthday Cake Donuts
Donuts:
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup honey or sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup sprinkles
- ¼ cup vanilla oat milk nutpods (use code “vitalityvixens for 15% off)
- ½ cup almond milk
Vanilla Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp nutpods (use code “vitalityvixens for 15% off)
- sprinkles for topping!
shopping made simple

Directions
- Preheat to 400 F.
- Grease a donut pan (I used coconut oil spray). Add dry ingredients (gluten-free flour, baking powder, salt) to a plate/small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (sugar/honey, eggs, vanilla, nutpods, almond milk). Fold in sprinkles.
- Pour the mixture evenly into each section of your donut pan.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes, or until a toothpick (or reusable baking tester) comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool for 5 minutes in the pan then pop them out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Mix the glaze ingredients (powdered sugar, vanilla, nutpods) together until smooth in a small bowl. Pour glaze evenly onto cooled donuts. Top with sprinkles if desired!

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Gluten-Free Birthday Cake Donuts (Dairy-Free)
Equipment
- donut pan
Ingredients
Donuts:
- 1 cup gluten-free flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ cup honey or sugar
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ cup sprinkles
- ¼ cup vanilla oat milk nutpods use code “vitalityvixens for 15% off
- ½ cup almond milk
Vanilla Glaze:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tbsp nutpods use code “vitalityvixens for 15% off
- sprinkles for topping!
Instructions
- Preheat to 400 F.
- Grease a donut pan (I used coconut oil spray). Add dry ingredients (gluten-free flour, baking powder, salt) to a plate/small bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together the wet ingredients (sugar/honey, eggs, vanilla, nutpods, almond milk). Fold in sprinkles.
- Pour the mixture evenly into each section of your donut pan.
- Bake for 10-14 minutes, or until a toothpick (or reusable baking tester) comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool for 5 minutes in the pan then pop them out onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
- Mix the glaze ingredients (powdered sugar, vanilla, nutpods) together until smooth in a small bowl. Pour glaze evenly onto cooled donuts. Top with sprinkles if desired!
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I’m so with you, I prefer baking over cooking ANYDAY! These donuts are divine! It’s so hard to find GOOD gluten-free and dairy-free snacks, so these are PERFECT!
Thanks so much, Leslie!!! 🙂
How much fun are these!??? I love how festive they are and that they are gluten free. Will be making them again soon.
Thanks, Julie! All about the festive gluten-free recipes over here 🙂
What a fun idea! Love the sprinkles. I have not had donuts in so long and I think I need to change that asap
Thank you, Deborah! I know, it had been too long for me too, like almost a week 😉
These look so damn good!!! My husband is a huge birthday cake and donut fan so they will be made for his birthday in March! Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you, love! can’t wait for you to try them!