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Baked Chocolate Cake Doughnuts

Servings: 6 donuts
Author: Pamela

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup + 1 Tablespoon whole milk or milk substitute at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar or white vinegar
  • 6 Tablespoons whole wheat pastry flour
  • 6 Tablespoons all-purpose flour or white spelt flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted + extra butter for greasing the pan
  • ¼ cup cane sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons honey
  • 1 large egg at room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • Chocolate glaze:
  • 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 tablespoon + 1 teaspoon brown rice syrup
  • 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • pinch sea salt
  • Topping suggestions: freeze-dried raspberries or strawberries crushed pistachio or green macarons, sprinkles or shredded coconut

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease the wells of the doughnut pan with some butter.
  • In a glass measuring cup, mix together milk and vinegar and allow to sit at room temperature for at least 5 minutes to curdle.
  • In a large bowl whisk together flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together melted butter, sugar, honey, egg, vanilla and curdled milk.
  • Whisk wet ingredients into dry ingredients, taking care not to overmix.
  • Spoon batter evenly into wells of the doughnut pan, filling only 2/3 full.* If filled too high, there won’t be any doughnut holes. Another way to fill the wells is by transferring the batter to a quart-size Ziploc bag and snipping one corner ½inch and piping the batter into the wells. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until doughnuts spring back when pressed lightly. Allow to cool 5 minutes before turning doughnuts onto a cooling rack. Donuts can be glazed when they are slightly warm or cool.
  • Make the glaze: In a heat proof bowl, combine glaze ingredients and set over a small pot of simmering water. Stir regularly until ingredients are melted and smooth.
  • Dip tops of donuts in glaze and place glaze side up on a wire rack to allow glaze to drip. Sprinkle immediately with toppings, if desired.