Double Chocolate Baked Donuts

For a lighter version of cake donuts, try these Double Chocolate Baked Donuts! These donuts are so easy to make, and you don't have to deep fry them. Just bake them in your donut pan.

The batter for these baked donuts is so easy to put together. Once you've mixed it, you just pipe it into a donut pan and bake the donuts. They take just about 12 minutes to bake!

This recipe makes just 6 donuts too, so you won't have too much opportunity to have too many. I guarantee that these will be a big hit with your taste testers. My grandsons went crazy over them.

Ingredients you will need for these baked donuts: 

All you need are flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder and baking soda, salt, plain yogurt or sour cream, an egg, vanilla, and melted butter.

For the double chocolate part, you add either chopped chocolate or mini chocolate chips to the batter, which will melt into the donuts, making them extra chocolatey.

For the glaze, just mix together powdered sugar with a little heavy cream. And, of course, add sprinkles!

If the batter rises up enough to close the donut "hole," you can cut it out with a knife. I actually just inserted an apple corer into the center.

You can find the recipe for these delicious double chocolate baked donuts at the very, very end of this post. You will also find more recipes from the #BakingBloggers for baked donuts.

This month, the baking bloggers, hosted by Palatable Pastime, are baking donuts!

Baking Bloggers

Baked Donuts

• A 'Hole' Lotta Fun with Mini Donuts by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Baked Chocolate Spice Crumb Cake Donuts by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice
• Baked Cookies and Cream Doughnuts by Tara's Multicultural Table
• Baked Donut Recipe Without A Pan by Recipe Pocket
• Baked Donut Muffins by Sneha's Recipe
• Baked Glazed Lemon Donuts by Making Miracles
• Chocolate Donuts with Chocolate Chips by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Double Chocolate Baked Donuts by Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Filled Donuts by Sid's Sea Palm Cooking
• German Chocolate Sauerkraut Donuts by Palatable Pastime

Double Chocolate Baked Donuts

Yield: 6 servings

Author: Karen Kerr

For a lighter version of cake donuts, try these Double Chocolate Baked Donuts! These donuts are so easy to make, and you don't have to deep fry them. Just bake them in your donut pan.

ingredients:

For the Donuts

• 2/3 cup (85 grams) unbleached all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup (20 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch process)
• 1/2 cup (99 grams) granulated sugar (I used Imperial Sugar)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
• 1 large room temperature egg
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup (57 grams) chopped bittersweet chocolate (preferred) or mini chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons melted and cooled unsalted butter

For the Glaze

• 1/2 cup (57 grams) powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream
• Sprinkles! 

instructions:

How to cook Double Chocolate Baked Donuts

To Make the Donuts

1. Heat your oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 6 cavity donut pan with spray oil. 
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. 
3. In a small bowl, whisk together the sour cream, egg, and vanilla. 
4. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and add the chopped chocolate or mini chips and melted butter. 
5. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold together the ingredients. 
6. Pour the batter into a piping bag or zip loc bag and snip the corner. 
7. Pipe the batter into the cavities of the donut pan. 
8. Bake the donuts for 12 to 15 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. 
9. Cool the donuts in the pan for 5 minutes, and then turn them out onto a wire rack to cool completely. 

To Glaze the Donuts

1. Whisk together the sugar and cream until smooth. 
2. Dip the donuts into the glaze, shake off any excess, and place them on a wire rack. 
3. Decorate with the sprinkles of your choice. 

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Recipe adapted from The Everyday Baker