My daughter has been asking me to make doughnuts for a while. I love doughnuts,  just not too crazy about frying. I tried frying doughnut holes a couple of times, but they came out like burnt fritters. The only doughnuts I had successfully done were my Baked Honey Crullers. So this time, I decided to bake them again. I figured I would have a better chance of success. And voilà! I made it in one try ! The more exciting part is my son loves them ! He doesn’t have a sweet tooth and it’s not often that he likes my goodies (at least me and my daughter think they are !) He even asked me to make it again and I did ! It’s so easy when you have a doughnut pan. You can actually transform any of your muffin or quick bread recipes into doughnuts !  Just dress them up with a glaze or some sprinkles ! 

Makes 12 -14 doughnuts

For the doughnuts 

• 270 g all-purpose flour
• 40 g unsweetened cocoa powder 
• 120 g granulated sugar 
• 60 g demerara or brown sugar 
• 3 g baking powder 
• 3 g baking soda 
• 2 g salt 
• 2 large eggs
• 60 mL vegetable oil 
• 250 mL buttermilk (adjust if needed)
• 5 mL pure vanilla extract 

1. Preheat oven to 350°F
2. Sift together flour,cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt
3. Add in both sugars 
4. In another bowl, mix together eggs, oil, buttermilk and vanilla 
5. Add wet ingredients into dry ingredients 
6. Mix until just blended 
7. Spoon/pour batter into lightly greased doughnut trays 
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes 
9. Cool completely on rack 

For the chocolate glaze 

• 120 g semi-sweet or dark chocolate, finely chopped 
• 120 mL whipping cream
• 2.5 mL pure vanilla extract 

1. Heat whipping cream over medium heat until just starting to boil 
2. Pour it over chopped chocolate 
3. Wait 30 seconds, add vanilla and stir until smooth 

When doughnuts are cooled, dip one side into chocolate glaze, place on rack to dry 

Tools that I used

Wilton Nonstick 6-Cavity Donut Pan

You can get this doughnut pan through the Amazon website by clicking the above link. I will receive a small compensation if you purchase the item.