Who doesn’t love a chocolate glazed doughnut with sprinkles? These Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Donuts are soft, tender and just the right amount of sweet. You will never know they are gluten-free.
These Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Donuts are irresistible.
Seriously, you can’t say no and you can’t stop at just one – be warned. Make them and send them off to neighbors and friends so you don’t eat the whole batch. I made them this past Sunday and since my daughter slept in, there were only two left when she finally woke up.
It was a bad scene! In fact, I had to promise to make more tonight. Thank goodness they are so easy.
This recipe is based on my most popular Seasonal Cravings recipe for Gluten Free Doughnuts (Krispy Kreme Copycat). I made a few simple changes like adding cocoa powder and changing up the glaze a bit.
I use a donut maker like this one from Amazon but feel free to use a donut pan and bake them in the oven. I love my donut maker because it makes the cutest mini doughnuts ever.
Calories don’t count when it’s a mini, right?
I feel a tad bit guilty about posting this recipe since my tagline is quick, easy and healthy. These are not healthy and have a fair amount of sugar but at least they aren’t deep fried, right?
It’s okay to have an occasional treat and these are perfect for special occasions when you have to bring dessert. There is nothing like a sprinkled doughnut to put a smile on a kid’s face.
Need More Gluten Free Doughnuts In Your Life?
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Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Donuts
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups Bob's Red Mill 1 to 1 Baking Flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cream of tartar
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter melted and cooled
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 eggs whites separated
- 1 cup milk
- Glaze:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 2-5 tbsp milk
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat your mini doughnut maker and spray with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the first seven dry ingredients, flour through sugar.
- In another small bowl whisk together the melted and cooled butter, vanilla, egg yolks, and milk. Make a well in the center of dry ingredients and pour in. Mix gently.
- In a separate small bowl whisk the two egg whites for about a minute or two with a fork. You are just trying to get them a bit thicker so they add some fluffiness to the doughnuts.
- Add egg whites to mixture and stir just until mixed.
- Transfer mixture to a Ziploc bag and cut the corner tip off. This makes it easy to pipe into the donut maker.
- Fill each well ½ full without covering the middle section. If you do, your doughnuts won't have a hole.
- Cook for about 4-6 minutes, according to your donut maker directions.
- Allow to cool completely before glazing.
- For the icing simply mix the powdered sugar with the desired amount of milk. More milk will make icing runny so don't add too much at one time.
- Dip doughnuts in icing and place on a rack to drip dry. Top with sprinkles before the icing sets.
- If you are using a donut pan, preheat oven to 350° and bake for 8-10 minutes.
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Mary Ann @ thebeachhousekitchen
April 20, 2016 at 6:42 PMOMG Karen! These look absolutely decadent and delicious! That chocolate glaze! Wish I could grab one right off my screen!
Karen Kelly
April 20, 2016 at 7:50 PMThanks so much Mary Ann!
GiGi Eats Celebrities
April 21, 2016 at 4:51 AMI want like 10 of those. NO JOKE!
Karen Kelly
April 21, 2016 at 9:31 AMThere are minis so 10 sounds fair!
annie@ciaochowbambina
April 21, 2016 at 12:01 PMI’ll take a dozen plus one for the road, please! These look fabulous!
Karen Kelly
April 21, 2016 at 12:51 PMOk, I’ll send them right over :).
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary
April 21, 2016 at 12:21 PMBaked doughnuts are HEALTHY-er…. so I feel like it fits with your tagline. But, I’m biased because you included sprinkles and sprinkles make the world go round <– true fact. 😉 LOVE these doughnuts! Chocolate and sprinkles is an excellent way to start the day! Cheers and thanks for sharing the YUM!
Karen Kelly
April 21, 2016 at 12:51 PMHmm, my new mantra, sprinkles make the world go round!
Jeannie@jeanniestriedandtruerecipes
April 21, 2016 at 9:58 PMYumm! That’s what I think when looking at these doughnuts. I think I will have to make these!
Vicky @ Avocado Pesto
April 27, 2016 at 7:43 PMLooks delicious – my bf would go crazy for yes. and yea I figure as long as they’re not deep fried, they’ve got to be considered a “healthier dessert” right?! Happy to be hosting this giveaway with you! Pinning, tweeting, yumming!
Emily
November 10, 2016 at 12:58 PMI’d like to see a picture of the inside of these. Are they cake donuts?
Karen Kelly
November 10, 2016 at 1:54 PMSorry Emily I don’t have any photos of the inside. They are cake-like but less dense than a normal cake donut. Hope that helps. Thanks!
Cara
January 14, 2017 at 5:05 PMMaking 2 batches of these right now….accidentally left the milk out of the 1st batch but they are still DELICIOUS and have a great texture. My 2nd batch has milk so we’ll see which version I like better! Thanks for posting!
Karen Kelly
January 16, 2017 at 8:19 AMCara, so interesting that they were still good without the milk! Thanks for letting me know.
Rebecca
May 9, 2017 at 10:07 PMI just made these. Such an easy recipe and they are amazing!!! Thank you so much, best gluten free donut ever.
Karen Kelly
May 10, 2017 at 11:48 AMRebecca, Thanks so much for letting me know. Glad you enjoyed them!
Kathleen KLAS
January 1, 2018 at 12:41 PMThank you for the recipe, I am hoping to try soon, as I ordered a doughnut pan just now. What temp would you cook these at in the oven and for how long? Thank you, Katie
Kathleen KLAS
January 1, 2018 at 12:42 PMSo sorry, Just saw the answer at the very end of the recipe. Thank you.
Mindy
May 8, 2018 at 4:52 PMWow!!! These are delicious! Great texture too!
Karen Kelly
May 8, 2018 at 5:50 PMThanks so much for letting me know. Glad you enjoyed them!
Renee
October 24, 2018 at 6:25 PMHi, I just discovered this recipe today after having quite a craving for donuts and lamenting my inability to easily get some. Thankfully I decided to do a bit of searching to see if I could make some at amazingly saw that I had all the ingredients for this and it was rather simple to do. Making this even cooler is that the recipe was simple enough that my 103 year old friend was able to help me! She is exhausted now, but got great joy from it 🙂
If I can be strong and share ( 😉 ) I will take these with me tonight to a meeting with friends, even though all but one are gluten eaters.
One last thing, I don’t have the donut maker or pan which was fine by me since it has been the taste not shape I was missing. I am so glad you put the time and temperature for the oven. Yea for baked, not fried 🙂