It’s no secret we’re fiends for chocolate around here–Sean especially…and today is his birthday! Yay! I made these doughnuts with my favorite dude in mind, piling chocolate on top of chocolate with a sprinkling of more chocolate for good measure.
These doughnuts are of the baked variety–cakey and tender with an intense chocolate flavor. The glaze is a super simple mixture of powdered sugar, cocoa, and milk. The chocolate sprinkles are actually chocolatey, not just brown, adding that extra little bit of decadence.
Double Chocolate Doughnuts
Adapted (lightly) from Shutterbean
I used a heart shaped doughnut pan, making 1 dozen doughnuts–if you use a regular doughnut pan you should yield about 6 doughnuts.
1 cup cake flour
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 egg
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350*F. Lightly spray a doughnut pan with cooking spray.
In a mixing bowl whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, and sugar. In a large measuring cup whisk together the buttermilk, egg, butter, and vanilla. Mix the wet mixture into the dry until just combined. Scrape the batter into a plastic bag, cut off the tip, and pipe batter into doughnut pan wells–about 1/2 way up the sides. Bake for 10 minutes (heart shaped) or 13 for regular doughnuts. Allow to cool about 5 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a rack to cool. Glaze and sprinkle once doughnuts have cooled.
Chocolate Glaze
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 Tablsepoon unsweetened cocoa powder
3 Tablespoons milk
Whisk all ingredients together until combined well. Add more powdered sugar to thicken or milk to thin, to desired consistency.
Holly
Yeah, I’ll take 1 (or all) of those!!
Megan
Boom shaka laka!
danguole
Happy birthday to Mr. Por Vida! Lucky dude!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
Cannot even begin to tell you how cute and delish this post looks. Pinning!
Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen
Umm…hello! The cutest in all the land. I love these. And chocolate on chocolate is da best!
Amanda @ Once Upon a Recipe
Not only are they chocolate AND doughnuts, but they’re also heart-shaped. Too fab for words. Sean is a lucky dude!
Katie @ Blonde Ambition
Chocolate on chocolate on chocolate. Love it! Yours is a lucky guy 🙂
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough
You had me at “double chocolate.” And gah, the heart shapes! I can’t even deal.
Jess
Love these pictures! Note to self – must. invest. in. donut pan.
Emma
Wow these look amazing! Double chocolate-does it get any better? I have just discovered your blog and I think it’s awesome. Please check out the food blog I have just started http://www.surreyKitchen.wordpress.com. Thanks!
My Kitchen Stories
Lucky Sean. What cute doughnuts, and Im sure delicious ones too. the blue behind them gives them so much mood
Sarah
Ohhhh my gosh. It’s Monday morning right now for me, and a warm chocolate doughnut would be pretty perfect with this cup of coffeee…
cindy
🙂
Norah
these look fabulous