Chocolate Glazed Baked Cake Donuts covered in sprinkles. Homemade donuts are probably easier to make than you think and you can save a trip to the donut shop!
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These chocolate glazed baked cake donuts are great after a ham & potato breakfast casserole or spinach & zucchini frittata for breakfast!
WHAT IS THE BEST DONUT PAN
I got a Wilton donut pan that makes 6 donuts at a time, is non-stick, and is dishwasher safe. It has worked really well for me since I’ve been on a donut kick. Remember the Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts from a couple weeks ago?
I actually first made and shared these chocolate glazed donuts on Amanda’s Cookin’ but they’re so pretty (& good!) I wanted to share them here, too. They’re so easy to make that I’ve already made a few batches.
ARE DONUTS BAKED OR FRIED
Yeast donuts are usually fried while cake donuts are typically baked. I like fried donuts but I don’t fry in my kitchen and these baked cake donuts are just as good. Whip them up on a weekend morning to score points with the whole family.
I love any excuse to break out my sprinkle collection and these could be really cute for Halloween this weekend.
WHAT CAN I USE IF I DON’T HAVE BUTTERMILK
If you don’t have buttermilk, which I often don’t, you can easily make some with this hack – to a measuring cup, add 1 Tablespoon lemon juice or vinegar then finish filling to 1 cup with milk. Let stand for 5-10 minutes to let milk curdle. Voila – buttermilk.
Things you may need…
Donut Pan
GOOD chocolate chips
SPRINKLES
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Baked Cake Donuts
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs beaten
- 2.5 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips I use Ghirardelli baking chips
- 1 teaspoon coconut oil
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425 degrees and lightly spray a donut pan with non-stick spray. Set aside.
- To a large bowl, all all of the dry ingredients.
- Add in the buttermilk, beaten eggs, melted butter, and vanilla. Stir until just combined.
- Pour the batter into a large zip top bag and snip the tip to easily pour into the donut pan. It will fill 12 donut wells evenly.
- Bake for 7-9 minutes or until golden brown.
- While they are cooling, to a microwave safe bowl, add the chocolate chips and coconut oil and microwave for 30 seconds, stir, then microwave another 30 seconds (as needed) and stir until smooth.
- Dip each cooled donut into the melted chocolate and immediately top with sprinkles.
- Enjoy!
Or maybe you’ll like…
Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Donuts
Apple Donut Mini Muffins
kentuckylady7717 says
October 28, 2016 at 11:35 pmThese look so delicious….. Can self-rising flour be used instead of plain flour ?
Melissa Williams says
October 28, 2016 at 11:49 pmI haven’t tried it but I think it’ll be fine, just leave out the baking powder & salt the recipe calls for 🙂
Megan says
March 23, 2017 at 12:14 pmCan butter be used instead of coconut oil for the icing?
Melissa Williams says
March 23, 2017 at 2:17 pmYep, you don’t even *have* to use anything but it helps thin the chocolate a bit & make it smooth.
Megan Farrar says
March 23, 2017 at 4:51 pmThank you!
Megan says
March 25, 2017 at 8:24 pmI tried the frosting with semi sweet and milk chocolate chips. Both got crumbly and didn’t melt right. Do you have any tips? This is urgent second recipe I’ve tried recently with this issue.
Melissa Williams says
March 25, 2017 at 8:37 pmWhich brand of chocolate chips are you using? I always use Ghirardelli baking chips & they kept really smoothly. You also may be microwaving too long & burning it.
Megan Farrar says
March 25, 2017 at 8:41 pmI tried Baker’s for the semi sweet and Nestle for the milk. I was doing about 15 seconds :/
I’ve tried glass and ceramic dishes. Should I try something else?
Melissa Williams says
March 25, 2017 at 8:51 pm15 secs, stir, 15 secs, stir? That should be fine. & You’re using butter? Can you try coconut oil? Or shortening? Glass bowl is what I use, too. I’ve used both of those brands without issue, I just keep Ghirardelli on hand.
Megan says
March 28, 2017 at 1:38 pmI found a different recipe for the frosting that worked for me. The donuts were delicious!!
Melissa Williams says
March 28, 2017 at 3:30 pmGood! Yeah, mine is a “glaze” not a true frosting. Glad they finally worked out =)
Kylie says
May 19, 2019 at 6:53 pmHi! I made some donuts today and they came out SUPER dense!! I have no clue why! Do have an idea what I’ve done?
Melissa Williams says
May 19, 2019 at 9:44 pmI’m sorry, it’s hard to know without being in the kitchen with you 🙂 did you follow the recipe or make any changes?