You Valentine will love these romantic Valentine's donuts: strawberry champagne cake donuts glazed in a sweet and bubbly champagne batter! This is a treat for the grownups only.
And if you enjoy this recipe, you'll love my orange champagne cake donuts for mimosa vibes!
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❤️ Why You'll Love this Recipe
Romantic Strawberry Champagne Taste - The flavors are spot on because there's actual champagne in the batter and glaze and bites of fresh juicy strawberries.
Customizable - You have lots of options to make this recipe truly your own and something special your loved ones will enjoy for V-Day or any other time--these DIY champagne donuts are always a hit at showers and weddings, too!
Surprisingly Simple - I love baking cake donuts at home for entertaining because it's actually less fussy than making cupcakes and sometimes even cookies.
And you KNOW I have more delicious flavors for you. Check out my gingerbread cake donuts for Christmas and funfetti cake donuts for birthday parties!
What You'll Need for this Recipe
Champagne, cava, prosecco, or the sparkling white wine of your choosing will work well in this recipe. You can even use a sparkling rosé or pink champagne, if your prefer.
Fresh Strawberries get a bad rep in baking but they stay juicy, sweet, and bright red in this Valentine's baked donuts recipe.
Check out the recipe card below for full ingredients list, measurements, nutrition facts, and step-by-step instructions!
Substitutions & Variations
Vegan - Make this Valentine's Day donut recipe vegan by using plant based butter.
Vanilla - Either vanilla extract or vanilla paste will work in a 1:1 ratio here.
Sugar - I use granulated sugar in this recipe but you can also use liquid sweeteners like honey or maple syrup.
Minis - Make Valentine mini donuts by using a mini cake donut pan!
Strawberries - If you don't have access to fresh strawberries, freeze dried strawberries can work just note that they will not have quite the same texture and the donuts will be a bit drier without the extra liquid fresh strawberries provide so you may wish to add a splash of water. On the bright side the color will be popping as freeze dried berries tend to be more vibrant than fresh.
You can also use frozen strawberries in this recipe. I recommend fully thawing them then wringing some of the excess moisture out before dicing and adding to the batter.
If you like baking with strawberries, try my fresh strawberry sheet cake next!
How to Make Valentine's Day Donuts with Champagne and Strawberries
Step One: Hull the strawberries then dice into pieces about half an inch in size.
Step Two: Mix up the dry donut ingredients then stir in the diced strawberry.
Pro Tip #1: Dredging or coating the strawberry pieces in the flour mixture prevents them from sinking to the bottom of the pan (and burning) or clustering all together while baking. Instead, they float throughout the batter, evenly spaced out!
Step Two: Mix in the remaining donut ingredients to form a thick batter.
Step Three: Pipe the batter into donut pan.
Pro Tip #2: You can use a pastry bag for the piping step or snip one corner off of a large zipper seal bag to use as a piping bag, as pictured.
Pro Tip #3: What kind of pan do I need for cake donuts? You'll need a donut pan. This six count donut pan will do the trick but I recommend making it easier on yourself with a 20-count pan for donuts. That way, you can make them all in one go rather than having to wait between batches.
Step Five: Bake the donuts until golden brown.
Step Six: Meanwhile, mix up powdered sugar and more champagne to make a simple glaze.
Pro Tip #4: Be sure to sift the powdered sugar first so that your easy champagne glaze is silky smooth without and lumps.
Step Seven: Dip the top of each cooled donut into the glaze then flip over to let it harden.
Step Eight: If desired, add sugar sprinkles over top for extra sparkle!
Pro Tip #5: For a professional finish, dip each donut in glaze, allow to dry, then dip again before adding sprinkles. Your donuts will be extra glossy!
Quick Champagne Donuts Video
Romantic Valentine's Day Menu
Serve these donuts for a homemade Valentine's brunch with this crispy red potato quiche and strawberry mimosas. For extra festive flair, you can present them in a dozen box and make your Valentine or Galentines forget all about Dunkin, Shipley, Krispy Kreme and the like!
Or make them dessert to finish off a meal of lasagna with red wine sauce and spring mix salad with champagne dressing.
For dinner, I highly recommend turning up the romance with my raspberry gin martini while you're at it!
Frequently Asked Questions
For cake donuts, you make a batter then bake them whereas with traditional donuts, you make a dough then fry it. Cake donuts have a more dense, cake-like texture and fried donuts are lighter and more airy.
You can make these donuts up to four days ahead of time.
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to four days or in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.
To freeze, wrap each donut individually in parchment paper or wax paper then place into a freezer safe airtight container or zip seal bag. Keeps for up to three months.
More Favorite Strawberry Dessert Recipes
I hope you and your enjoy a strawberry champagne donut or two soon and very soon. And sharing is caring so be sure to pin this Valentine's donut recipe for later and follow me over on Pinterest. Thanks for reading!
📖 Recipe
Strawberry Champagne Donuts for Valentine's Day
Equipment
- 1 knife
- 1 whisk
- 1 silicone spatula or kitchen spoon
- 1 donut pan
- 1 pastry bag or large zip seal food storage bag
Ingredients
Donuts
- 1 pint strawberries
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- ¾ cup butter melted
- ¾ cup champagne
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Glaze
- 6 tablespoons champagne
- 2 cups powdered sugar sifted
- sugar sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Hull strawberries then dice into pieces about ½ inch in size.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and sea salt together in a large bowl then add strawberries and dredge in the dry mixture to coat. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together eggs, sugar, butter, champagne, and vanilla extract. Add this wet mixture to the bowl of dry mixture and stir until just combined and no lumps or dry pockets exist. Batter will be thick and sticky.
- Convey batter into a piping bag or zip-top bag with one corner snipped off and pipe into donut tin.
- Bake in oven for about 18 minutes or until donuts are risen and firm. Tops will not brown. Stick a toothpick through one donut near the middle of the pan to see if it comes out clean, if necessary.
- While donuts bake, whisk together powdered sugar and champagne to form the champagne donut glaze.
- Once donuts have cooled, dip each one, face down, into the glaze. Sprinkle sugar sprinkles over top, if desired.
Jayne Rain says
What a fun and delicious recipe. Thanks for sharing.
Brittany Fiero says
I really want to try these. The combo of strawberries and champagne sound AMAZING!
LaKita says
These donuts look amazing and strawberries and champagne is the perfect combination for Valentine's Day!
Desirée says
Girl you had me at the title alone. Def wanna try these!
portia says
I can dig this recipe! Quick for week night desserts and strawberries are in season! Thanks Jazz! Can't wait to try your homemade donut recipe!
Aline says
These are just too pretty!! A million times better than roses as a gift lol I'm behind this idea 100%
Marta says
OMG!! I'm so in love with this recipe concept! I love strawberries, I love champagne, and I luurrrrrvvvvvv donuts. This was meant for me!
Tamara says
Oh my! I have been wanting to try making homemade donuts. Your recipe is easy to follow, and foolproof! So glad I came across it.
Adri says
Both beautiful and tasty as always! Valentine’s Day MSU have passed, but we’re still enjoying these!
Amanda M Babcock says
can this be turned into a loaf pan recipe?
Jazz says
I would say that it can, though I've not tried it. The bake time would be longer (probably closer to an hour) and I recommend using a medium-sized loaf pan or decreasing the recipe proportions by about one third.
Amanda says
I legit have never ever thought to make donuts with champagne! What a great idea. Have to try this for sure.
Rebecca Hicks says
Wow these sound SO good! I have a bottle of champagne in my pantry... Looks like I have an excuse to break open the bottle now! Yum!
Jazz says
Yes, you must make them! Let me know how they turn out for you. 🙂
Nancy says
Wow! Those look delicious. I've never made home-made donuts.
Michelle says
These look heavenly. Great job!
kelly says
can Bare Bakery-fy this?!?! I'll give you all the cred. Love it!
Jazz says
Sure thing! Lol
Sara says
Those look delicious. Perfect for a romantic Valentine's dessert!