Baked Chocolate Donut

This Baked Chocolate Donut is easy and over-the-top delicious. Add extra toppings to these homemade chocolate glazed donuts like sprinkles, nuts, or gummy worms if you like.

This small-batch recipe is from scratch and makes the perfect weekend breakfast for two to four.

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How to make Chocolate Cake Donuts

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Spray 4 slots of a donut pan with non-stick spray.

In a small bowl, whisk together the milk and vinegar. This makes homemade buttermilk. Set aside for about 5 minutes.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, special dark cocoa powder, and baking soda.

In a separate bowl, mix together the homemade buttermilk, sugar, egg yolk, butter, and vanilla until well combined.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over-mix.

Pour the batter into the donut pan. 

Bake the donuts for 8-10 minutes or until cooked through.

Allow the donuts to cool completely on a wire rack.

Place the chocolate chips, butter, corn syrup, and water in a medium bowl.

Melt in 20-second increments in the microwave, stirring after each time, until completely melted and smooth.

Dip the tops of the donuts into the chocolate glaze.

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Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe

Zona House

This Baked Chocolate Donut is easy and over the top delicious. Add extra toppings to these choco glazed donuts like sprinkles, nuts or gummy worms if you like.

4.52 from 33 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Cool Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 4 Donuts

Calories 259 kcal

Equipment

• Donut Pan

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Ingredients

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For the Donuts

• ▢ ¼ cup milk
• ▢ ¼ tsp vinegar
• ▢ ½ cup flour
• ▢ ⅛ cup special dark cocoa powder
• ▢ ¼ tsp baking soda
• ▢ ¼ cup sugar
• ▢ 1 egg yolk
• ▢ 1 Tbsp melted butter
• ▢ ½ tsp vanilla

For the Glaze

• ▢ ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
• ▢ 1 tsp light corn syrup
• ▢ 1 tsp water

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spray 4 slots of a donut pan with non-stick spray.
• In a small bowl whisk together the milk and vinegar. This makes homemade buttermilk. Set aside for about 5 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, special dark cocoa powder, and baking soda.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the homemade buttermilk, sugar, egg yolk, butter, and vanilla until well combined.
• Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
• Pour the batter into the donut pan. Bake the donuts for 8-10 minutes or until cooked through. Allow the donuts to cool completely on a wire rack.
• Place the chocolate chips, butter, corn syrup, and water in a medium bowl.
• Melt in 20 second increments in the microwave, stirring after each time, until completely melted and smooth.
• Dip the tops of the donuts into the chocolate glaze

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Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 259kcalCarbohydrates: 35gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 103mgPotassium: 152mgFiber: 2gSugar: 19gVitamin A: 270IUCalcium: 40mgIron: 2mg

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