Dark Chocolate Cake Doughnuts

By nanasally4

Ingredients

• for the topping:
• 1 cup all- purpose flour
• 1/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
• 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup toasted coconut flakes
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 2-3 tablespoons milk

Details

Servings 6
Adapted from shutterbean.com

Preparation

Step 1

First we gotta heat up the oven and toast the coconut. 325F for about 5-6 minutes.

Dry ingredients meet wet ingredients. I mixed all the wet ingredients in this tiny measuring cup.

I also followed the directions for putting the batter in a resealable bag. I did that…but didn’t do use a big freezer bag one.

Just make sure you lick them in between donuts….if you plan on eating all 6. Which I’m sure you will.

makes 6

Heat oven to 325 F. Coat doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, sugar, egg, butter and vanilla until smooth. Add milk mixture to flour mixture; whisk until blended & smooth.

In a small bowl, combine confectioners’ sugar and with 2 tablespoons milk and stir until consistency is thick & glazey. If the consistency is too thin, add more sugar. If too thick add a bit more milk.

I have a pan; I just need to make the damn thing! Here’s hoping!

I’ve wanted a doughnut pan for SO LONG! Adding this to my Indulgent Desserts board on Pinterest!

You can put sprinkles on top. or you can make a chocolate glaze by adding about 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder. Or you could flavor your glaze with an extract.

I love how the toasted coconut is so pretty! It dresses up the dark brown & makes them look (and taste!) even more irresistable. I must try these!

I’ve been eyeing donut pans for months and finally will need to cave in and buy one after this post. Can’t wait to make them!

I bought 2 doughnut pans yesterday so I could bake doughnuts for the first day of school. I”ll tweak this recipe to make it gluten free. I used my cookie/muffin scoop to getter the batter in the pans.