{"id":18612,"date":"2016-06-03T09:15:13","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T16:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/?p=18612"},"modified":"2025-06-04T13:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T20:41:35","slug":"doughnut-funfetti-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sugarhero.com\/doughnut-funfetti-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Doughnut Funfetti Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Doughnut Funfetti Ice Cream is two delicious desserts in one! This rich, creamy homemade ice cream is packed with lots of sprinkles and REAL doughnut pieces.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Happy National Doughnut Day<\/strong>! You know me—I never miss a chance to celebrate phony food holidays, especially when said holidays involve fried dough, sweet glaze, and lots of sprinkles.  I mean, obviously, every day is National Doughnut Day in my heart, but it’s nice to give the humble doughnut some official recognition once a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(And by “official recognition,” I mean I saw this info on a random food holiday calendar online somewhere. Doesn’t get much more official than that!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I love a good doughnut as much as the next girl, and I think they’re pretty much perfect without many fancy bells and whistles. HOWEVER. It’s summer, y’all! Temperatures are rising, my son is out of school, and I have the beginnings of a baby tan going on. I am in a perpetual ice cream mood, so I decided to combine some pretty pink doughnuts with freshly churned homemade ice cream to make the ultimate summer dessert. Want to take your presentation to a whole new level? Try serving this ice cream in a Chocolate Bowl<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I found it very helpful to use a candy thermometer<\/a> while making the custard for the ice cream. If you are new to using a thermometer, check out my guides for how to use a thermometer<\/a> and how to test and calibrate a thermometer<\/a> correctly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking for more go-to summer treats, don’t forget to check out this AMAZING German Chocolate Brownie Ice Cream<\/a> and these unique and fun Cannoli Cones<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The doughnuts in this case were your standard yeast pink-glazed ones from a bakery. You definitely CAN make your own doughnuts for this recipe, but considering the fact you’ll only need 1 large one for the ice cream, it seems like your time could be better spent working on that baby tan than making a whole batch of doughnuts. So hit your local doughnut spot, grab one for the ice cream, a few more for luck (and snacking), and don’t forget the baby doughnuts to put on top, if you want your ice cream to be extra adorbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is the secret for getting that doughnut\/funfetti flavor in the ice cream itself: Lor-Ann’s Princess Cake and Cookie Bakery Emulsion. I know that’s a mouthful of a name. Basically, it’s a flavoring emulsion that tastes like the cakes and cookies you get from a bakery. Which is to say, it tastes like clouds and unicorns and pixie dust and little fluffy bites of heaven. If I were trying to be more specific, I might say that it tastes like a mix of vanilla, almond, and maybe lemon extracts, but really, it’s impossible to fully describe. I use it for many of my cakes and sometimes my buttercream, and it gives them a wonderful depth of flavor that vanilla just can’t match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can buy the Princess flavoring online (Amazon, holla<\/a>!) or get it from many cake\/candy supply stores—basically wherever Lor-Ann extracts are sold. I’ve also sometimes seen it at TJ Maxx, Marshall’s, and similar. Of course the Princess flavoring is optional, and you can substitute just vanilla (or a mix of vanilla, almond, and lemon if you’d like).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So let’s recap. You have your chunks of doughnut mixed into the ice cream—yum. You have your Princess flavoring—delish. You have your sprinkles stirred throughout the batch—yesssss! All that’s left is to dish up big scoops of ice cream, and top each cup with an adorable miniature doughnut! Then devour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wishing you a happy National Doughnut Day. May you celebrate with a doughnut in each hand, and one in your mouth. Cheers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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