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Small-batch Chocolate Cake Donuts

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Keyword: baked donuts, cake donuts, chocolate, chocolate cake, chocolate chip, donuts, double chocolate, easy recipes, gluten-free, low sugar, peanut butter, plant-based, small-batch, vegan
Servings: 6 donuts
Calories: 150kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 flax egg, or regular egg beaten
  • 1/2 cup applesauce (120 g) sub mashed banana
  • 1 tbsp oil (15 g) sub nut/seed butter
  • 3 tbsp sugar (36 g) sub any granulated sweetener
  • 3 tbsp cocoa powder (18 g)
  • 1/2 cup flour (60 g) gf all purpose if desired
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt

Nut butter glaze

  • 2 tbsp nut/seed butter (32 g) I used peanut butter
  • 2 tbsp sugar or maple syrup (24 g)
  • water to thin

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350F and grease a donut pan with 6 cavities.
  • Make your flax egg by stirring together 1 tbsp (7 g) flax seed meal and 3 tbsp water and let it sit and thicken for 5 minutes. 
  • Whisk together flax/egg, applesauce, oil, sugar, vanilla. Stir in cocoa and mix until no clumps remain.
  • Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
  • Combine the two by folding (dont overmix). Batter should be spreadable, if too thin add a pinch more flour, if too thick add a drop of water and mix again.
  • Pour batter into donut cavities. Flatten the drops with the back of a small spoon.
  • Bake 15 min until centers are set, cool completely.
  • Mix nut butter glaze ingredients and thin to your desired level of thickness (gently warming in the microwave can help dissolve your sugar, or use powdered sugar/maple syrup). Dip or drizzle cooled muffins, refrigerate to set.
  • Enjoy!

Notes

  1. To make a flax egg, stir together 1 tbsp (7 g) flax seed meal and 3 tbsp water and let it sit and thicken for 5 minutes. 
  2. Make sure to spray your donut pan with oil thoroughly because the are low-ish fat and they will stick to your pan like superglue.
  3. You can also make 6 muffins out of this recipe, bake those 20-25 minutes.

Nutrition

Serving: 1donut | Calories: 150kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 6IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg