Homemade Oven Baked Donuts (Chocolate Frosted)

Call them Oven baked donuts or cake donuts it doesn't matter. What really matters is that they are fluffy, spongy and healthy. They are dipped in a thick chocolate frosting and topped with joyful sprinkles.

These homemade oven baked donuts are so delicious and healthier than the deep-fried donuts; they could make an excellent dessert or breakfast.

This baked donut recipe is so simple; it requires just a few ingredients, most of them you likely have in your pantry already. Using greek yoghurt in this recipe makes the dounts so soft and delicious; I don't recommend removing it. Also, because this is a baked donut recipe, I use baking powder instead of yeast.

The Difference Between Cake Donuts And Yeast Donuts

The difference is only in the leavening agent. Cake dounts have a cakey texture and taste due to using baking powder or baking soda while yeast dounts have a chewy texture due to using yeast in making the donuts. So, what do you prefer: cake donuts or yeast donuts?

Oven Baked Donut Ingredients

• All-purpose flour
• Granulated sugar
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Unsalted butter, melted
• Greek yoghurt
• Eggs
• Vanilla extract
• Sprinkles (optional)

Chocolate Frosting And Topping

• Powdered sugar
• Milk
• Cocoa powder
• Sprinkles

How To Make This Chocolate Frosted Oven Baked Donuts?

• Preheat the oven to 180C.
• In a bowl, mix flour, salt, baking powder and sugar until combined.
• Then, in a small bowl, beat the eggs and vanilla extract.
• Add the eggs mixture, greek yoghurt and melted butter to the flour mixture, and mix well (the butter will be too thick).
• Add water to the batter, add the sprinkles, and mix (don't over-stir).
• Grease donut pan well with butter (the batter should be making 12 donuts).
• Now, Bake the donuts for 10-15 minutes.
• Let them cool down, then top them with the chocolate frosting and sprinkles.

How To Make Chocolate Frosting

In a small bowl, mix sugar powder, milk and cocoa powder well until combine.

Chocolate Frosting Alternative

If you want to use chocolate instead of cocoa powder, you can microwave 100 g chocolate and 1 teaspoon butter for 1 minute, stir well then dip the donuts in it.

More Dessert Recipes

• Moist lemon blueberry muffins with lemon glaze
• Easy no-bake strawberry cheesecake
• Sweet potato pound cake

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