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How to Make Chocolate Donuts with a Bit of Heat

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at BU chapter.

You can hardly ever go wrong when making doughnuts; pretty much everyone is obsessed with them. Ever since gourmet donuts became a huge food trend, people have been trying new flavors and textures to bring to the traditional donut. I’ve seen really beautiful donuts, crazy, over-the-top, delicious donuts, and more. But what I wanted to try was to bring some heat to a traditionally sweet donut.

Recipe adapted from Live Well Bake Often

Baked Chocolate Donuts

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: 8 minutesTotal time: 28 minutesServings:8 servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F.

  2. Photo by Olivia Hasse

    Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.

  3. In a separate bowl, mix together the buttermilk, sugar, egg, butter, and vanilla.

  4. Mix the wet and dry ingredients together

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    Pour the batter into the greased donut pan, filling about 3/4 of the way.

    #SpoonTip: I found it easier to put the batter into a plastic bag, cut the corner, and squeeze the batter into the pan.

  6. Bake for 8 minutes, or until you can stick a toothpick in a donut and it comes out clean.

Cayenne Pepper Glaze

Difficulty:BeginnerPrep time: 5 minutesCook time: minutesTotal time: 5 minutesServings: servings

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Photo by Olivia Hasse

    Mix together all the ingredients in a bowl. Use as much cayenne pepper as you like, depending on how spicy you want it to be. I suggest adding it little by little, and tasting as you go.

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    Dip each donut in the glaze, and let sit until the glaze hardens.

  3. Photo by Olivia Hasse

    Enjoy every bit of this spicy and chocolate-y heaven.

Olivia is a writer for Spoon BU. She is a Film/TV major, obsessed with spin, and her life goal is to visit every continent. Olivia also has a huge thing for Brussels sprouts and is committed to show non-believers the light.