Easy Glazed Chocolate Cake Donuts
There is really nothing like a donut on a Sunday morning, and these easy glazed chocolate cake donuts make your morning cup of coffee something really special.
Dish Count :: 2 Mixing Bowls, 1 Donut Pan
If there was any doubt that Huck was not a human teenager trapped in a dog, it is gone now. We know, as we always have, that he is spoiled. His eye roll and over dramatic sighs when he doesn’t get his way are the same as a 13 year old hormonal teenager whose parents “just don’t understand”, and “You don’t know what I’m going through!”. If we weren’t already prepared for what was about to happen, we are now…
The final nail in the hormonal teenager dog coffin, was that Huck has been getting pretty spoiled with being allowed on the couch, and he milks it every chance he gets. You’ll see it in my instagram stories frequently. When one person is on the couch, and there is an open space, Huck is there to fill it. Gladly. “If you’re not using it, I would be happy to occupy this warm comfortable space”. Never mind he has a $300 memory foam dog bed that is probably, no it IS, more comfortable than my own.
Having never been a cuddly dog when he was a pup, he’s definitely sliding into home since he’s turned 9. And when he doesn’t get his way, he knows the routine. If mom says no – go ask dad.
And last night that’s EXACTLY what he did. Huffing, puffing, and signing all over the place, I could hear Ben in the living room as I worked in the office typing away, “No, Huck. Go lay on your basket.” And the most almighty sigh that followed. A few seconds later, the 90 pound hound trapsed his way into the office, put his face under my arm and looked at me with the saddest seal eyes known to man. MILKING IT.
Now while I didn’t feel bad for him entirely, I did shimmy the heated lap blanket I had on, a little more onto the floor, and he curled right up on my feet under my desk to promptly zonk out and snore.
So while we might hope that we will be good, strict, non-pushover parents… the truth is. We’re going to be terrible at it. And Huck knows it, too.
You probably want me to just hush about the dog and get to the doughnuts, so I will. The base of these chocolate cake doughnuts is actually from my FAVORITE chocolate cake recipe. It’s one I have gone back to again and again for its real chocolate flavor. It was because of these Chocolate cupcakes with Bailey’s Whipped Frosting that I fell in love with this recipe and use it as my go-to in every way I can. I stumbled upon it years ago (5 years if you check the date stamp) from browsing Tasty Kitchen where I used to be a contributor.
Anywho, it’s a magic recipe and I hope you like it too. No boxed mixes here!! Just real, fluffy, chocolate cake donuts.
Try these other baked donuts on for size!!
Gingerbread Coffee Baked Donuts
Blueberry Lemon Glazed Doughnuts
Mini Chocolate Peanut Butter Donuts
Baked Pistachio Pudding Donuts
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Easy Glazed Chocolate Cake Donuts
- Prep Time: 15 Minutes
- Cook Time: 12 Minutes
- Total Time: 27 minutes
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
There is really nothing like a donut on a Sunday morning, and these easy glazed chocolate cake donuts make your morning cup of coffee something really special.
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Donuts:
- 1/3 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Flour
- 3/4 tsp Baking Powder
- 3/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 whole Egg
- 1/2 cup Milk
- 1/3 cup Water
- 1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
Vanilla Bean Glaze:
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Bean Paste
- Pinch Salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In a bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder, sugar, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
In another bowl, whisk together the water, egg, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract. Combine the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, folding together until just combined and smooth.
Spray a doughnuts baking pan with non-stick spray. Fill the donut cavities with batter. Bake the donuts for about 11-12 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the donuts comes out clean. Let them rest in the pan for one minute, before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the glaze, whisk together all the glaze ingredients into a small bowl. Dip the tops of each cooled chocolate cake donut into the glaze. Once the glaze is set, serve.
Keywords: Baking, Breakfast, Dessert, Chocolate, Donut, Doughnuts, Recipe
I’m SUCH a sucker for glazed doughnuts and so is my husband. I LOVE how easy these will be to make this weekend. Thanks for sharing my chocolate peanut butter pretzel doughnuts, too!
Cake donuts are totally my weakness! Yet, I have made them before. These are making me re-think that!
Please send me one. Or TWO!!!!! xo
I made them and they were a complete fail. I sprayed them with a lot of spray and they stuck to the pan. I then tried the second batch with crisco and flour, they were slightly better, but out of 12 donuts, only 3 actually looked like donuts. Any tips to get them like yours?
Hi Aimee, I’mm so sorry that they stuck! I’m stumped, as most of the donut baking pans are usually really well coated in a non-stick coating when they are manufactured. I just use a canola oil spray on mine, but the Crisco and butter should have done the trick. Did you let them cool in the pan, or did you try and remove them right away? So sorry again! I hope you will give them another chance.
I remember making these a while back. They were delicious! and now I’m going to make them for a party 😀
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These donuts TASTED amazing, which made me really wish they’d stuck together and not turned into a crumby mess. There was no way to get them out of the pan in one piece. They were just crumbs. But again, very delicious tasting.
Batter was much thinner than other baked donut recipes I’ve tried. Which is probably why the texture of the baked cake was not dense enough to be called an actual donut. Had to leave in pans way longer than 1 minute for them to release in one piece. Flavor is good but disappointed overall.
So sorry to hear these weren’t up to your ideal Cindy! I’ll take this recipe back to the drawing board to see where we can make improvements!
First time making these and as much as they tasted decent they in no way resembled the pictures shown. Even after double dipping the donuts with the glaze. First try so maybe there is human error in here, but I don’t know if I’m going have to tweak on my own. Also they were stuck to the pan. Needed 2-3 minutes of cooling before even able to pop out of tray.
I unfortunately have to agree with some of the commenters above. These donuts stuck to the pan, despite it being non-stick AND greased, and completely fell apart. The consistency was much more like a cupcake, so I will be using the crumbled remains for cake pops. Not one turned out as a donut, so that’s disappointing, but my family is still excited to eat them.
I’m sorry they fell apart on you. They are meant to be a cake like texture, so they are lighter and fluffier than a traditional fried version. Sorry you were disappointed.
These donuts are my current go-to! i used coconut oil instead of vegetable oil, and canned coconut milk in place of regular milk, and they turned out amazing! my first batch had the same problems as other commenters on here, they fell apart. but i let them cool longer in the donut pan for the next batch and they’ve turned out great since then. they also stay crisp and fresh for several days.
I’m so so pleased you were able to make them to your liking!! That’s excellent!
This recipe didn’t work for me. I used nonstick pans and a generous amount of baking spray and they stuck an the pans anyway. I waited one minute for a few donuts and a few more minutes for others before trying to remove them and they just fell apart. Too soft for donuts and cannot be removed
Charlotte, I’m so sorry you had issues with these! I will try to take them back to the drawing board and see where they can be improved.