Classic chocolate cake donuts you can make at home!
Happy Sunday, friends! I’m back finallllyyy after a torturous week. I got my wisdom teeth out last Friday and I developed dry socket over the week so that has NOT been fun at all. It’s finally starting to subside though but it was pretty much the worst week ever. I swear, dry socket pain goes neck in neck with child birth – possibly even worse! Since I’ve been feeling better, I’ve been slowly getting back into the baking groove and I’ve had such a craving for a good chocolate cake donut. So here we are… glazed chocolate cake donuts!
These donuts are just like the kind you’d get at a bakery. Just a perfectly basic, moist, yet crumby chocolate cake donut. But they are far from basic! They have a deep chocolate flavor and the crispy glaze on the outside gives them the extra sweetness they need. A note bout baking time: if you want more of a moist cake-like donut, you ca undertake them by a minute. I like mine to be more on the firm side, like they’re supposed to be so I bake for the recommended amount of time in the recipe. If I wanted cake, I’d bake a cake. I love that these donuts are baked because the batter literally comes together in minutes and they’re in the oven and on your table in under 30. Sweet deal if ya ask me! I <3 baked donuts.
You will need a donut pan for this recipe but I promise you, once you buy one you will not be able to stop making ALLTHEDONUTS! Some of my favorite recipes are my cinnamon roll donuts and cinnamon sugar.
These donuts will for sure be a favorite for your chocolate donut loving peeps!
Glazed Chocolate Cake Donuts
Ingredients
*Chocolate Donuts*
- 2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- pinch salt
- 8 tbs unsalted butter melted
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cup buttermilk
*Glaze*
- 1 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3-4 tbs milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a donut pan very well and set aside.
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, both sugars, nutmeg and salt very well. Add melted butter, eggs and milk and beat until mixture is smooth. Add batter to a ziploc bag and cut a corner off to pipe into donut pan wells. Fill them no higher than 2/3 of the way up so they don't bake over. Bake donuts for 12-13 minutes or until they are firm and spring back when you touch them. Pop them out of the donut pan and onto a cooling rack to cool until warm to the touch.
- Whisk glaze ingredients in a small bowl and dip one side of warm donuts. Place on a cooling rack to dry. Glazed Chocolate Cake Donuts are best served immediately because they cannot be covered or the glaze will dissolve into the donuts. They are still tasty though! 🙂
Chocolate donuts made at home? That’s just dangerous for me! Thanks for sharing, I can’t wait to surprise my family this weekend with homemade donuts. They are going to be so excited. 🙂
Just wondering if it would be possible to add more flour to thicken dough, because I don’t have a donut pan and would love to try these. Any suggestions. Or where could I buy a pan?
I don’t think so. Sorry! I got my donut pan from Michael’s! They may be available at Target too.
They have them at TJ ‘s , target, Walmart, Michaels, hobbylobby
Bed Bath and Beyond has nice donut pans. Sign up for 20% coupons.
Bed Bath and Beyond is where I got mine. Get two and use your coupon. They are $9.99 each. I love mine.
That’s where I got mine, too. 🙂
– Jess
Pampered Chef has a great donut pan!
My Dad was a baker and he made chocolate fried cakes in the fryer. I’m so happy to see a receipe that you can bake and not fry. ” save a heart” donuts. Yay. Thank you.
Love donuts, made them , just to light, I think they should be more dense , but my husband lived them soooo I guess that is all that matters.
I absolutely love this recipe, so much so I included it in my Ultimate Homemade Donut Recipes Roundup! Great post, have a great day xo
http://dreamingofleaving.com/2017/01/01/the-ultimate-homemade-donut-recipe-roundup/
I tried these and they were not only a success, but delicious!!!! Everybody loved them! Thank you so much!! Please keep sharing your fabulosity! 🙂
That’s awesome! Aw, thank you so much, Melissa! <3
Oh my! I will be sure to have guests for these. Or I’d eat them all myself! Thank you
Hi there! What is the best way to make these ahead of time? I want to make for my daughter’s birthday on Saturday morning, but won’t have time the day of. If I make them today, would it be best to freeze until Sat, store in fridge, or just on counter in an air-tight container?
Thanks!
I hope you came up with a solution, Liz!! So sorry for the late reply! I would have stored them unglazed in an air-tight container and glaze before serving or a few hours before.
Can the donuts be made the night before, then glazed and served in the morning?
Yes! That is actually recommended because the texture with the glaze gets a little funky over night. It melts into the donut.
Could I make cupcakes with this recipe?
Can i make cupcakes with this recipe .
Hi! These look absolutely delicious! I have a question though: How do you take your flour? Spoon and levelled or straight from the jar? Thanks!
It depends! Haha, honestly, I do both! I find that fluffing up the flour, scooping it in gently and leveling it off with my finger is the easiest for me!
These were really good, nice and light not dense or too cakey which is what I was looking for! I’m going to save some of my batter and see if they cook up just as great tomorrow morning! Love them fresh! Great recipe!