Tuesday 23 August 2011

Baked Chocolate Cake Doughnuts

This is one of the best baked doughnuts I have had till date.

Baked Chocolate Cake Doughnuts
Recipe Source: (Lara Ferroni)
Ingredients:
130 grams (1 cup) all purpose flour
2 tablespoons natural cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
75 grams (1/3 cup) sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon fine grain salt
2 tablespoons unsalted butter or coconut oil
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup yogurt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 large egg


Method:
  • Lightly grease a doughnut (or muffin) tin and preheat the oven to 350°F / 175°C.
  • Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and baking soda, and then whisk in the sugar, nutmeg and salt.
  • Add the butter, and using your fingers, rub it into the dry ingredients until it becomes coarse crumbs.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, yogurt, vanilla and egg. Add to the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Do not over mix, or your doughnuts may be a bit rubbery.
  • Fill each cup 1/2 to 3/4 full. You can do this with a spoon or a piping bag to fill each cup more evenly and cleanly. It’s important not to overfill, or as the doughnuts rise, you’ll lose the hole.
  • Bake for 6 to 10 minutes (depending on the size of your doughnut pan), until the doughnuts spring back when touched. Let cool slightly on a wire rack before glazing. If coating in powdered sugar, let them cool even a bit more.
  • Makes about 15 mini doughnuts.

Buttermilk Glaze
Start with about 1 cup of powdered sugar in a bowl, and add about 1 teaspoon of buttermilk. Start blending with a spoon until you get a thick paste. Add more buttermilk in very small amounts, at about 1/4 teaspoon at a time, and stir it in, using the back of the spoon to break down any clumps. You are aiming for a consistency that is about like a thick cake icing. If you add too much liquid at once, you won’t be able to get out the clumps. Once you get a smooth mixture, continue adding liquid at 1/4 teaspoon at a time until you get a slightly thinner glaze that slowly drips from the spoon.



8 comments:

  1. Yum, yum and only yum. How can doughnut go wrong and on top of it, it has chocolate :)

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  2. This looks so delicious and that topping is just so yum

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  3. Wowwww.... looks tempting and delicious.. mouth watering clicks dear.. thanks for sharing :)
    Indian Cuisine

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  4. My all time fav and I m drooling :)

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  5. Wow this is so interesting...looks yum

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  6. yum yuumm the topping makes me drool.. so good..n very new method..

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  7. Would have love to see one photograph of the doughnuts before you iced them, better than fried doughnuts, good recipe.

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