I love donuts and I couldn’t wait to share this chocolate donut recipe with everyone as soon as I found out they were a success. You might be searching for chocolate doughnut recipe as well but you’ve come to the right place. I’m not sure why it’s called both chocolate doughnuts and chocolate donut but either way they taste amazing. I’ve never made homemade donuts before but I’m so glad I did and I’d advise others to do the same!
Chocolate Donut Recipe
If you’re looking for a donut recipe and you love chocolate, this is the one for you. It’s also a baked donut recipe which means you’ll not have to put in the effort of frying anything. A little chocolate donut has to be one of the yummiest snacks I can think of, these are perfect for snacks as well. This baked chocolate donut recipe takes hardly any time at all so you’ll have snacks before you know it!
Easy Donut Recipe
This homemade donut recipe is really simple and it takes no time at all which is the best part. If you want a really easy simple doughnut recipe you’ve come to the right place. This recipe works will all sized donuts, I used it for mini chocolate donuts as you can see from the pictures.
You can also made these into cupcakes if you really wanted to as the recipe is similar, this is a cake donut recipe and I have to say baked donuts are amazing and my new favourite. You really have to try these easy homemade donuts, you’ll never look back and they’re cheaper than buying in store.
Donut Glaze Recipe
The donut glaze is really nice on these and you hardly need anything to make it either, no long list of ingredients needed either. The chocolate donut glaze has to be the yummiest part of the donut as well and so much fun when you can just dunk the donut in and glaze it! If you’ve never used chocolate donut glaze you’re missing out. It’s a bit like a chocolate iced donut due to the use of icing sugar as well. Let’s hope you liked this easy baked donut recipe as much as I did!
Baked Cake Donut Recipe
If you’re looking at making the best donut recipe on the market (this one) you’re going to need a donut tray! I have this amazing donut pan tray and it works wonders! The non-stick is great so you don’t need much to line the tray with and it looks amazing as well!
Baked Chocolate Donuts Recipe
Ingredients
- 220g Plain flour
- 60g Cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- Pinch of salt
- 120g Granulated sugar
- 1 Egg
- 60g Melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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- Chocolate Glaze:
- 200g powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3-4 tablespoons water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Spray a donut pan lightly with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl, mix together the egg, butter, and vanilla until well combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Spoon the batter into the donut tray making sure to only fill them about half way as they grow when baking.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool for about 10 minutes in the pan. Remove donuts from the pan and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- To make the glaze
- In a separate bowl, mix together the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla, and water. If the glaze is too thick, slowly add one tablespoon of water at a time until it has reached your desired consistency.
- Dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze and transfer back to the wire rack to cool and allow the glaze to harden. Add with sprinkles if you want.
