These donuts bring back memories. I used to stop occasionally at an on-campus donut shop in the early mornings, on the way to my work study job. Chocolate cake donuts were my treat of choice.
I’ve been eyeing this recipe for over a month now, but with a newborn nursing around-the-clock, they had to wait until later. “Later” finally came today! (He’s still nursing around-the-clock, and I was so tired today that I just sat on the couch and cried, but a girl’s gotta have chocolate. 🙂 )
My main criteria for donuts was that they needed to be baked, not fried. These fit the bill, and I could make them with good ingredients.
Summary: We LOVE these donuts!!
Chocolate Cake Donuts
this recipe adapted from the one by Buns In My Oven
Ingredients
- For the donuts:
- 1 cup freshly milled wheat flour
- ½ cup cane sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
- ½ teaspoon aluminum-free baking soda
- ½ teaspoon homemade vanilla extract
- 1 organic free range egg
- 6 tablespoons sour cream
- ¼ cup raw milk
- ¼ cup vegetable oil (like olive or grapeseed)
- For the glaze:
- 1½ cups powdered sugar
- 6 tablespoons whole milk
- 1 teaspoon homemade vanilla extract
Instructions
- To make the donuts:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, chocolate chips, and baking soda.
- In a small bowl, beat together the vanilla, egg, sour cream, milk, and oil.
- Stir the wet ingredients into the dry until just combined.
- Spoon in a buttered donut pan.
- Bake for 8 minutes or until the tops spring back when you touch them.
- Let the donuts cool in the pan before removing or glazing.
- I made my donuts without the glaze, but if you'd like it, here's the instructions:
- To make the glaze:
- In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the sugar, milk, and vanilla until well combined. Remove from the heat. Spread over donuts and let dry before consuming.
- Glaze recipe credit: Alton Brown
- Dunk the donuts in the glaze to fully coat and place on a wire rack to set.
Fresh from the oven!
Flour freshly milled by a WonderMill!
