Eggless Chocolate Donuts / Baked Chocolate Donuts

These Eggless Chocolate Donuts are light, fluffy, and full of chocolatey flavor. They are baked, not fried, so making this chocolatey treat is easy and quick!

Baked Chocolate Donuts are topped with chocolate glaze, making them double chocolatey! These donuts are delicious, decadent, and irresistible.

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Baked Eggless Chocolate Donuts

Eggless Chocolate Donuts are perfect for a quick chocolate treat. They take only 10 minutes to bake, and the batter comes together quickly. If you have already seen my other baked donut recipes, Eggless Pistachio Donuts (Baked) and Eggless Cinnamon Sugar Donuts (Baked), you may know how easy it is to make baked donuts.

My family loves donuts, and because of our Lacto-vegetarian diet, I try my best to make various types of eggless donuts at home. And I love how the baked donuts taste; they are light, fluffy, moist, and absolutely delicious.

Baked Chocolate Donuts are topped with a chocolate glaze, which is also very straightforward and quick to make. I have sprinkled the donuts with various sprinkles for fun and flavor, but it is totally optional.

Ingredients and Notes

• Flour: I have used unbleached, all-purpose flour, and I will recommend using the same.
• Baking Powder and Baking Soda: These leavening agents are essential for light and fluffy donuts.
• Salt: I like to add salt to give a nice contrast to the sweetness.
• Sugar: I used granulated white sugar, and the ½ cup makes it mildly sweet. After the chocolate glaze topping, they will become perfectly sweet.
• Cocoa Powder: I have used Dutch-processed cocoa powder, my favorite. But you can use natural unsweetened cocoa powder instead.
• Butter: Butter adds a delicious buttery flavor to eggless chocolate donuts. We have not tried this recipe using oil. But I think there should not be a problem with using oil instead of melted butter.
• Milk: Milk makes the donuts moist, and for the best results, use whole milk. Milk should also be at room temperature. If you forget to remove it from the fridge, microwave it for 12-15 seconds before using it. 
• Sour Cream: Sour cream adds extra moisture to the donuts. If you do not have sour cream, you can use plain yogurt instead.
• Vanilla: It provides a sweet flavor to the donuts. Try to use pure vanilla extract if possible.
• Chocolate Glaze: I have used semi-sweet chocolate to make the chocolate glaze, but you can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips. In addition to chocolate, we need heavy cream and butter to make this silky, shiny, and delicious chocolate glaze.

How To Make Baked Eggless Chocolate Donuts

Making the Batter

• Preheat the oven to 350° F.
• Grease the donut pan with nonstick oil spray or melted butter. Set aside.
• This recipe will yield 11-12 donuts, so grease both of them if you have two donut pans.

• Sift all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, Baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Whisk well.

• Add sugar, milk, sour cream, melted butter, and vanilla to another bowl.
• Mix well.

• Pour the wet mixture into the flour mixture and gently mix until everything is well combined.
• Do not overmix.

Baking the Donuts

• Fill the batter into a large piping bag; there is no need for a tip.
• Cut the end of the piping bag and pipe the batter into the donut pan, evenly up to halfway.
• Do not overfill, as these donuts will rise well.

Helpful Tip: If you do not have a piping bag, you can also use a Ziploc bag. Fill the Ziploc bag with the batter, cut the corner, and fill the donut pan. You can also spoon the batter into the pan if you prefer that. 

• Bake the donuts in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Do not overbake.

• Remove from the oven and allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 2 minutes.
• Then transfer the donuts onto a cooling rack and let them cool completely.

Glazing the Eggless Chocolate Donuts

• Take the chopped chocolate or chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl or saucepan. Add heavy cream and butter.
• I have used roughly chopped chocolate, but you can also use semi-sweet chocolate chips.

• Melt the chocolate using a double boiler method.
• Make sure to stir the chocolate continuously until melted.
• Also, ensure that water does not contact the chocolate while using the double boiler method.
• You can melt the chocolate, butter, and heavy cream in the microwave instead of a double boiler.

• Dip the tops of the donuts into a chocolate glaze and return them to a cooling rack to set.
• The glaze will be set in 10-15 minutes.

• Sprinkle some sprinkles on the top of the donuts if you prefer.

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