three ingredients: Lemon Cake Donuts

I'm not one to take the easy way out.  I don't mind doing things the hard way, or when it comes to baking... making it from scratch.  However, this is a recipe I'll make an exception for as I adapted it to make Lemon Cake Donuts, and there are only three ingredients needed to make them.  I don't know what it is about lemon but it always seems to taste refreshing to me.  And when you sprinkle them with a little powdered sugar (not included in the three ingredients you need to make the donuts) they make for a great breakfast treat.

The three ingredients are..... lemon cake mix, cool whip and one egg.  How simple and easy is that?!?!  Mix one bag of lemon cake mix with a tub of cool whip, and then add one egg.  (Psst.... I'm also not one to eat the batter or dough while baking, but if you want to taste something incredibly good try a spoonful of just the cake mix and cool whip mixed together.  Trust me.. you'll be glad you did.  Ummm.... just thinking about it makes me want to make this again.)

Anyway, back to the recipe....  Pour your batter into your donut pan and bake at 425 degrees for 4-5 minutes.  Take out of oven and let sit in pan for another 5 minutes, then remove to a cooling rack.

Optional: Drop donut in a bowl of powdered sugar to coat.  Eat and enjoy.  (And don't forget to taste that batter mix I told you about.)

This post was linked to: Tasty Tuesday on Beauty and Bedlam, Tempt My Tummy Tuesday at Blessed with Grace, Hearth N' Soul, It's a Blog Party, 33 Shades of Green, Trick or Treat Tuesday with Inside BruCrew Life