Chocolate Cake Doughnut
Ingredients
Dough:
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2/3 cup milk
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
shortening of cooking oil for deep frying
Glaze:
4 ounces coarsely-chopped semisweet chocolate
3 tablespoons butter
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted
Preparation
1
Combine 2 cups of flour, baking powder, and salt. In a medium bowl, combine milk and melted butter. In a large mixing bowl combine eggs, sugar and vanillal beat with an electric mixer about 3 minutes or until thick. Alternately add flour mixture to egg mixture, beating after each addition until just combined. Stir in remaining flour and cocoa powder. Cover dough; chill for 2 hours
2
3
Fry doughnuts, 2 or 3 at a time, in deep, hot fat (375 degrees F) about 1 minute on each side of until golden, turning once with a slotted spoon. Drain on paper towels. Repeat with remaining doughnuts and doughnut holes. If desired, dip tops of warm donuts in chocolate glaze (see next step). Cool doughnuts on wire racks
Tools
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About
You can also top these with powdered or granulated sugar: shake cooled doughnuts in a bag if using powdered sugar, or warm donuts if using granulated sugar. From the Better Home and Gardens New Cookbook.
Yield:
1.0 servings
Added:
Monday, November 30, 2009 - 1:28pm
