Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe

When you’re in the mood for homemade donuts but hate frying, make this Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe! They’re rich and moist glazed chocolate donuts baked in a donut pan for an easy sweet treat. Makes 6 small batch donuts with no yeast required.

Hey hey it’s almost donut day!

I shared with you my vanilla baked donut recipe and carrot cake donuts but of course I have to also share with you my Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe.

You can’t have vanilla without also having chocolate!

And these aren’t just regular chocolate donuts or even chocolate chocolate donuts. Nope they’re chocolate chocolate chocolate donuts!

That’s right – they’re triple chocolate baked doughnuts with three layers of chocolate including a smooth chocolate glaze on top (with lots of rainbow sprinkles, of course).

If you’re new to making chocolate donuts, baked is the best way to start. They’re homemade cake donuts you whisk by hand because you’re working with melted butter. No mixer needed at all!

You also don’t need yeast like you would with my apple filled doughnuts.

What you do need is a donut pan and you’ll be on your way making glazed chocolate donuts in no time.

Why You’ll Love This Baked Chocolate Donut Recipe

• No mixer required! Because you melt the butter, you can whisk everything by hand! In fact I highly encourage it so you don’t overbeat the batter and end up with sad, dry donuts.
• No yeast required!You can have baked donuts ready in under an hour because you don’t need to rest the dough.
• Makes small batch donuts! Because donut pans only have 6 cavities, I wanted to focus on small batch doughnuts so you only need one pan.

Ingredients For Chocolate Baked Donuts

To make your baked chocolate doughnuts, you’ll need the following ingredients:

• Butter: Fat to help keep the batter moist
• Baking chocolate: Made from ground cocoa nibs containing both cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Look for semisweet chocolate that is around 55% cacao.
• Flour: Thickens the batter so it holds together
• Cocoa powder: Adds a deep chocolate flavor you cannot accomplish with baking chocolate alone
• Baking soda: Helps the donuts rise
• Salt: Flavors the batter
• Espresso powder: Adding coffee really brings out the chocolate flavor. Don’t worry – adding a small amount won’t make your cake taste like coffee. It’s only noticeable if you leave it out.
• Brown sugar: Sweetens and caramelizes the donuts while baking
• Egg: Provides structure and also helps the doughnuts rise
• Buttermilk: Helps thin out the batter plus contribute to a tender crumb texture. It also reacts with the baking soda to help the donuts rise even more.
• Vanilla: Enhances the chocolate flavor even more

How To Make Baked Chocolate Donuts

Here’s how to make your chocolate baked donuts:

1. Melt together butter and chocolate.
2. Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder.
3. Whisk in sugar, egg, milk, vanilla, and melted chocolate.
4. Fill donut pan with batter.
5. Bake at 350F for 10-13 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
6. Remove from the pan and cool completely.
7. Glaze as desired.

Homemade cake donuts are best eaten the day they’re made but can last up to 2 days stored in an airtight container at room temperature.

More Pastry Recipes

If you enjoyed these chocolate chocolate donuts, here are more donut and pastry recipes to check out:

• Gingerbread Donuts
• Apple Baked Doughnut Holes
• Small Batch Cinnamon Rolls
• Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls
• Puff Pastry Chocolate Croissants

First published March 31, 2015