These chocolate baked donuts are a chocoholics dream. Providing a rich and indulgent flavour, these oven baked donuts are soft and fluffy, topped with a delicious chocolate ganache!

These baked donuts are a fabulous dessert or snack and come together with ingredient staples you probably already have at home! I’ve made quite a few flavours of baked donuts over the years but these take the spot for my favourite.

Ingredients needed:
- all purpose flour
- cacao powder
- baking powder
- baking soda
- egg
- almond milk
- olive oil
- maple syrup
- dark chocolate chips
Topping:
- Dark chocolate chips
- Butter


How to make chocolate baked donuts:
- Preheat oven to 180°c (fan forced)
- In a bowl combine the flour, cacao powder, baking powder and baking soda. Mix in the egg, maple syrup, olive oil and almond milk. Fold in the dark chocolate chips.
- Bake at 180°c for 15 minutes or until cooked, then let cool.
- To make the ganache, add the chocolate chips, butter and water to a saucepan and heat to medium, stirring continuously. Once the mixture is melted and combined, removed from the heat and stir until completely smooth. Coat the donuts in the ganache.
- Enjoy!




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Chocolate baked donuts
These chocolate baked donuts are a chocoholics dream! Topped with a simple chocolate ganache, these donuts are soft, fluffy and absolutely delicious.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp cacao powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup almond milk or milk of choice
- 1 tbsp olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 1/4 cup maple syrup or liquid sweetener of choice
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate chips
Topping
- 1/2 cup dark choc chips
- 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°c (fan forced)
- In a bowl combine the flour, cacao powder, baking powder and baking soda. Mix in the egg, maple syrup, olive oil and almond milk. Fold in the dark chocolate chips.
- Bake at 180°c for 15 minutes or until cooked, then let cool.
- To make the ganache, add the chocolate chips, butter and water to a saucepan and heat to medium, stirring continuously. Once the mixture is melted and combined, removed from the heat and stir until completely smooth. Coat the donuts in the ganache.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Store in an airtight container, they last about 3 days.