Freshly baked Chocolate Cake Donuts with a pumpkin twist! You will love this baked donut recipe.
Need a weekend breakfast idea? These Chocolate Pumpkin Cake Donuts are easy to make, soft and tender, and topped with a rich chocolate glaze. In other words, they are amazing.
I love cake donuts! These Chocolate Pumpkin Cake Donuts are the best. I think it is because they are baked! Oh, yes, I said it… baked. So I can have four instead of one. Because they’re healthier!?!
Every Sunday growing up, I always looked forward to church, not necessarily because of the church but because of the free donuts afterward! It was a great childhood memory, gathering with our friends in the basement meeting room, eating donuts, and drinking coffee or juice.
Now my kids look forward to Saturday…for the same reason, except there aren’t free donuts at our church but at our bank. They get so excited to go in and pick out their favorite one. Most of them are chocolate lovers like me, and we almost always cause instant restocking since we have seven.
Now, we have donut pans to make our favorite donuts anytime.
Homemade Baked Chocolate Donuts
- These chocolate pumpkin cake donuts are our favorite to make for the fall and winter seasons. They are soft and spiced with fall flavors -the perfect treat for breakfast or brunch.
- Because they’re baked in the oven, they’re easy. Like, really easy! Just mix up the batter, bake, and then add the easy chocolate glaze.
- The pumpkin gives the donuts the best texture. They’re moist, soft, and irresistible.
- This recipe is as easy as making chocolate pumpkin bread, but more fun because you end up with a batch of glazed chocolate donuts!
So, grab your donut pans, and let’s make these chocolate pumpkin donuts. You are going to love them.
Easy Chocolate Glaze
Combine the butter, chocolate chips, and corn syrup in a double boiler over medium heat. Stir until the chocolate is completely melted and you have a smooth glaze.
Dip the tops of the cooled donuts into the glaze. Lift them out and place them back on the wire rack so the glaze can set. The glaze will set in about 15 to 20 minutes, but we can’t usually wait that long!
We like them simple, but you can decorate your donuts with some of these topping ideas:
Optional Donut Toppings
The first time I made these, I was super mom and made them on a school day…gasp! I made them eat rolled oats first, then they got a donut…sprinkled or not, their choice. It was a great morning for us, hope it was for the teachers.
You must give these chocolate pumpkin donuts a try! Homemade baked donuts for the weekend are at the top of our favorites list. You will love every last crumb. Enjoy! XOXO San
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Chocolate Pumpkin Cake Donuts
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup + 1 Tbsp milk
- 1 teaspoon vinegar
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup pumpkin puree or canned pumpkin
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 large egg
Glaze
- 3 tablespoons butter cut into 1/2 inch squares.
- ¾ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips dark chocolate is my preferred type of chocolate chip
- 1 tablespoon corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease 2 donut pans with cooking spray
- In a small cup, mix together milk and vinegar. Allow this to sit until it starts to curdle, about 5 minutes.
- Melt butter in a small bowl and set aside to cool.
- In a medium mixing bowl add together flours, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, sea salt, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. Set aside.
- Whisk the pumpkin and honey into the curdled milk and beat until well combined. Add the egg and butter and whisk until combined.
- Mix together the wet and dry ingredients until just combined, make sure you don’t over mix, you want a fluffy donut, not a dense one.
- If you don’t have a piping bag, cut the corner of a Ziplock bag, add batter, and pipe the dough evenly into the prepared pans, about 2/3 full.
- Bake for 7 minutes, remove from oven and cool for 1 minute before you turn them over on to a cooling rack. Let the donuts cool on rack while you make the glaze.
Glaze
- In a double boiler combine butter, chocolate chips and corn syrup over medium heat. Stir until completely melted and well incorporated.
- Once glaze is done and donuts are cool, dip the tops of the donuts into the glaze and turn over, back onto the cooling rack. Glaze side up.
- Allow glaze to harden for 15-20 minutes or like our family prefers- serve them right away. Enjoy!
Notes
You make really pretty donuts! I don’t have a donut pan, but maybe I’ll make cupcakes that are pumpkin and chocolate with the glaze.
These look great! My husband will love them. I will pin this recipe and try it real soon.
Oh Sandra. You read my mind. Chocolate, pumpkin and great spices! Yummo. Pinning.
What a perfect combination of flavors, and in a donut! I love it!
Thank you!
OMGosh I’d be worried if I made these I may eat every last one 🙂
I know, I was still snacking on them at midnight. xo San
These look great. I just have to locate some pumpkin puree in the UK to avoid having to carve one and spend time making it myself!
Those look amazing Sandra!! I need to start making more baked donuts, since I can’t eat yours off the screen! 😉
I remember donuts after church too. I always wanted the chocolate one, but sometimes had to settle for regular cake ones. I think everyone loves the chocolate ones.
These sound really good,
Bev
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Oh my – those doughnuts look so thick, fluffy and delish! Wonderful idea combining chocolate and pumpkin – perfect for fall. Pinning 🙂
These look delicious ~ I can hardly wait to make them. Thanks for the yummy recipe!
Mmmm, these look so yummy! Yes to baked and yes to chocolate! Thanks for sharing at Inspire Me Wednesday. Featuring you in this week’s issue.
Chocolate and pumpkin together! You’ve won me over! These look really good.
I saw your recipe featured on this week’s Inspire Me Wednesday party and had to come look at it. I’m kicking myself for not picking up a donut pan at Target this morning!
Thanks so much for the feature! xo San
I’m thrilled you stopped by and shared at Foodie Fridays. It was fun to share. I am looking forward to seeing what fabulous post you have to share this week. Party starts Thursday at 9 pm EST. Hope to see you there.
Blessings,
Shari
http://www.puregracefarms.com
I will catch this next week. xo San
These look WAY better than any old donut from a donut shop! I love making baked donuts, and this flavor combination is one of my favorites. Can’t wait to try it!