Baked Heart Shaped Chocolate Donuts with a Chocolate Glaze and a medley of Valentine’s Day Sprinkles.
I had so much fun making these baked double chocolate donuts. There were little heart sprinkles ALL over my kitchen… but what else is new? Ha. I bought my heart shaped donut pan a few years ago on sale after Valentine’s Day and then left it sitting in my basement for a few years and when I discovered it again earlier this year… thanks to Marie Kondo lol. I knew I that I had to finally use it this Valentine’s Day.
I decided to go with a double chocolate donut because who doesn’t love chocolate? The more chocolate the better in my opinion. As these are baked donuts the texture is more cake-y than your typically fried donut. I decided to keep my glaze thicker - more frosting like, but you can thin it out with extra heavy cream if you prefer a thinner glaze.
I can’t believe I waited so long to make heart shaped donuts. They are super cute and quick to make. I didn’t even have to pull out my KitchenAid Mixer. I mixed these bad boys by hand and piped them into the donut pan. They bake up quickly and look super cute topped with sprinkles!
Double Chocolate Donuts
Makes: 2 Dozen Donuts
Ingredients
For the Donuts
1 ¼ c flour
½ c sugar
¼ c cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
¼ c butter, melted
⅛ c canola oil
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
¾ c milk
For the Frosting
1 c powdered sugar
2+ tbsp heavy cream
2 oz semi sweet chocolate, chopped
2 tbsp butter
Sprinkles
Directions
For the Donuts: Pre-heat oven to 350F. Spray donut pan with cooking oil, set aside. In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together melted butter, oil, egg, vanilla and milk. Slowly whisk the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients. Whisk until combined. Transfer the donut batter to a pipping bag. Pipe batter into donut wells. Bake for 6-8 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan for 3-5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the Glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together icing sugar and two tablespoons of heavy cream. In a microwave bowl, in 20 second intervals, melt together chocolate and butter, stirring between each interval. Stir melted chocolate into icing sugar mixture. *For a thinner glaze add additional heavy cream, one tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency is reached. Using an off set spatula frost donuts. If using, add sprinkles immediately.
