As this week is my Birthday week I am having a totally self indulgent week, I don’t have to work this week so I can stay in my PJ’s as long as I like and do all the things I like to do 😀 and baking a few of my favourite treats, starting with these lovely triple vanilla baked donuts with rainbow sprinkles.















Vanilla = Boring!

Many people believe the above statement, well not me. When used in the right bake vanilla is a sublime flavour and I admit to it being one of my favourites. You know, its the worlds top selling flavour ice cream! Why? Because vanilla is a great flavour and every now and again I love making it the star of the show.















To make sure the vanilla packed a punch I used it in 3 different ways, firstly I used vanilla sugar in the batter. I refuse to buy vanilla sugar because it costs a fortune I always make my own, if you’re not sure how to then check out an earlier post of mine about it here.















Secondly I used seeds scraped out of a vanilla pod, check out those gorgeous little black flecks, pure vanilla heaven! Whatever you do don’t throw out the used pod for ideas on what to do with it check out this post!















Then I used a good quality vanilla extract to bring it all together in the donut and in the icing. If you are a vanilla fan then you will love these.

Sprinkles















Who doesn’t love sprinkles? There was no other reason to use them then the fact it’s my birthday soon and I love a good splash of colour, but it does give these lovely soft donuts a nice little crunchy topping, which is a bonus 😀















Soft and Fluffy

Because these are baked donuts and not fried ones they do have a more cake like texture than the doughy fried ones. But the advantage being these are far more healthier, there is very little sugar in these I have used ingredients likes low fat buttermilk, apple sauce and natural yogurt to keep the fats down and they have no butter in them! But everything combines does keep these baked donuts soft, moist and fluffy.















I just love those vanilla seeds! So am I alone in loving vanilla or are there a bunch of vanilla appreciating people out there? I hope so because vanilla is a great flavour and at times forgotten about for the flashier flavours of today, but I take comfort in the fact vanilla will out last them all after all its a classic 😀















∗NOTE: If you do not have any vanilla sugar and don’t want to buy any (I understand it can be expensive) then substitute it for regular granulated sugar instead.