Haven't you always wanted to make donuts at home? Try this recipe for chocolate cake donuts with icing to scratch that itch. Cake doughnuts will sink to the bottom of the oil, then cook for a bit before rising up.
Prepare 2 eggs (substitute with avocado, banana, boiled sweet potato)
Make ready 1/8 cup Butter (crisco/sunflower margarine/vegetable oil)
Get 4-6 teaspoons Granulated sugar
Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)
Get 1 squeeze Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
Make ready 1/3 cup + 2 tbsp plain flour
Get 1 tsp baking powder
Make ready For the toppings (use a good combination of any of these)
Make ready Mini chocolate chips (dark/white chocolate)
Prepare Mini marshmallows
Take Mini pretzels
Make ready Rainbow sprinkles
Get Heart sprinkles
Get Galaxy sprinkles
Prepare Chocolate curls/shavings
Take Extra chocolate (to drizzle)
Get Mixed chopped nuts (peanuts, almonds, pistachios, pecans)
Take caramel (to drizzle)
Take freeze-dried/fresh berries (raspberry, blueberry, strawberry)
Prepare Graham cracker crumbs
Take Oreo crumbs
Prepare Mini Mars/Snickers/Galaxy/Twix (cut into pieces)
Prepare Whipped cream/cool whip (optional)
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Cream the butter (crisco/sunflower margarine/vegetable oil) with the sugar and then, add 1 egg (avocado, banana or boiled sweet potato) at a time and continue to whisk till everything comes together.
Squeeze a good amount Hershey's Chocolate Syrup in. The syrup can be substituted with melted chocolate bars. Just make sure your syrup or melted bar is 100% pure dark chocolate. Add the vanilla and whisk this for another minute.
Add the flour slowly and gradually along with the baking powder. This step is entirely optional but if you want to, you can add mixed nuts and/or chocolate chips at this point to give the doughnut batter an extra crunch/flavor. Your batter should be silky and smooth like this.
Pour into the greased pan/doughnut moulds and bake these for 3 minutes (if you're using the microwave). Adjust your temperature settings to your liking if you're either baking this in an electric oven or steaming it in a steamer. Cool them in room temperature the sooner they step out of the oven/steamer. Cut them with the doughnut cutter if you've baked it in a regular square pan. Drizzle extra chocolate syrup/melted chocolate on the top and it's done. Well… almost.
Be creative and use any of the toppings mentioned on the recipe and give the doughnuts your own kind of makeover. Doughnuts with topping(s) stand out better than those that don't. Double or triple the recipe if you're sharing these with family or friends π€
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