Baked-Chocolate Donuts

Baked-Chocolate Donuts:

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 13 minutes (donuts), 23 minutes (muffins)

Ingredients:

  • 1 ¾ cup (193 g) Grain Free Flour Mix, loosely spooned into measuring cup and levelled off
  • 2 tbsp cacao powder
  • 2 tbsp coconut sugar
  • 1 tsp bicarb soda
  • ½ tsp fine sea salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ cup additive-free apple puree, store-bought or home-made
  • 1/4 cup of honey
  • 1 tbsp coconut oil, melted
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 80 g dairy free baking chocolate (e.g., Pana mylk baking chocolate or Pico M*lk chocolate block), melted
  • Optional: Freeze dried strawberries (topping), chopped

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius (non-fan forced).
  2. Grease non-stick donut tray with olive or coconut oil.
  3. In a medium mixing bowl combine Grain Free Flour Mix, cacao powder, coconut sugar, bicarb soda and salt and stir well.
  4. In a separate bowl, add eggs, extra virgin olive oil, apple puree, honey, and vanilla extract. Beat the wet ingredients using an electric mixer or by hand until well combined and slightly aerated.
  5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix gently until combined.
  6. Allow to sit for a few minutes.
  7. Spoon batter into piping bag and pipe batter into donut tray. Using the back of a small spoon, press the batter into the donut moulds whilst smoothing over the top.
  8. Place the tray in the middle of oven and cook for 13 mins or until fully cooked.
  9. Remove from oven and place a baking tray underneath the donut tray. Place trays in the fridge for 10-minutes allowing to cool rapidly. Once cooled, carefully flip the donut tray over onto a clean baking tray. Donuts should fall away from the tray easily.  
  10. Allow the donuts to cool completely before topping with melted chocolate (chocolate and coconut -oil combined and melted) and dried strawberries.

Tips: We strongly recommend measuring out flour in grams rather than cups for best results.

For chocolate muffins, add cake batter to greased muffin/cupcake tray and bake in the middle of oven at 180 degrees Celsius for 23 mins.