Chocolate Frosted Donuts

5 from 1 vote

Chocolate Frosted Donuts are perfect for real chocolate lovers! Fluffy baked chocolate donuts are topped with the best chocolate frosting.

Prep Time20

Cook Time15

Total Time35

Servings: donuts

Preheat the oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Prepare your donut pans by spraying generously with non-stick spray.
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set this aside.
1 cup flour, ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, ½ cup brown sugar, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon salt
In a medium bowl, whisk the 2 eggs. Whisk in the buttermilk, melted butter, and vanilla. When this is fully combined, add these wet ingredients to the bowl with the dry ingredients (flour mixture).
2 eggs, ¾ cup buttermilk, ¼ cup salted butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir just enough to combine.
Place the batter into a piping bag. Pipe it into the prepared donut pans, filling each one ⅔ of the way full.
Bake for 12-15 minutes. (They should spring back when pressed gently.)
Remove them from the pan and place them on a cooling rack.
While they are cooling you could make the glaze. Whisk together the confectioners’ sugar and cocoa. Then whisk in the milk and vanilla until smooth.
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar, 3 Tablespoons cocoa powder, 4 Tablespoons milk, 2 teaspoons vanilla
Dip the top of each donut into the glaze and place back onto the cooling rack.

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