Chocolate Cake Donuts

These dairy-free and egg-free chocolate donuts are baked and so easy to make!

And we've simplified the recipe because I'm making these often for my kiddo at college. 

No more expensive dairy-free yogurt, no more tedious cutting in butter.  

We've also moved from a glaze to the best chocolate donut icing that sets and lasts a few days. 

No more soggy glaze donuts on day two. 

See our new and improved chocolate donut recipe below!

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If you're a family managing food allergies, you may be missing donuts in your life.

We sure did...for a long time.

Not only did we need a dairy-free and egg-free recipe, but I assumed donuts would require frying and yeast and lots of headache, too.

So for years, I didn't even bother trying to make donuts for my family.

However, at some point, my little boy really wanted in on the donut action.

So mom got to work and did what any food allergy mom does.

I figured out how to make dairy and egg free donuts at home, of course!

And who knew, they were tons easier than I imagined.

Since then, homemade donuts have become my boy's favorite birthday tradition year after year.

In fact, I ended up creating a variety of donut flavors for our family to enjoy. 

Just like the donut shop.

I've linked all our donut recipes for you at the bottom of this post.

Now I deliver donuts to my son at college! Where does the time go?

DONUT PANS

If you want to try this recipe pronto but don't have a donut pan on hand, you can easily make these in a muffin tin or mini muffin tins.

But when you and your kids become obsessed with homemade donuts, do be sure to grab a nice donut pan for yourself.

Save yourself a ton of headache by purchasing this donut pan (affiliate).

The donuts pop right out, no tearing them out with a plastic spoon. 

And clean-up is a dream!

I only wish I had bought mine sooner and not wasted my money on three other brands before landing on this one.  

See our video in this post for more about the donut pan.

I know you'll love having one and will use it for years to come.  

Now here's the chocolate donut recipe!

CHOCOLATE CAKE DONUTS RECIPE

Makes 6-9 Regular Donuts

Oven 350

DONUT NOTES

This recipe makes 6-9 donuts depending on how full you fill the donut wells. You really can just fill them half full, and the donuts raise a lot. 

Here is dairy-free butter we use.

This is my favorite vanilla extract.

Here are allergy-friendly chocolate sprinkles (affiliate) perfect for donuts!

DONUT INGREDIENTS

2 teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar
½ cup dairy-free milk, plain
1 cup flour
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons dairy-free butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoon unsweet applesauce

In a separate bowl mix together the wet ingredients:

2 tbs. melted dairy-free butter
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3 tbs. unsweet applesauce

Pour the wet ingredients into the flour mixture and fold together until just combined. Don't over mix.

Fill the donut cavities half full with the batter. If your pan makes 6 donuts, you may need to make a batch and a half. Clean and dry the pan between batches. 

Bake until doughnuts spring back when touched and a toothpick comes out clean. Start at 9 minutes and bake one more minute at a time until done.

Let cool five minutes, then gently remove the donuts with a plastic fork and let cool on a cooling rack.

When the donuts are cool, prepare the chocolate icing (it only takes a minute) and dip the donuts.

See our easy chocolate donut icing recipe below.

CHOCOLATE DONUT ICING RECIPE

ICING INGREDIENTS

½ cup dairy-free chocolate chips
2 tablespoons dairy-free butter
2 teaspoons water

ICING DIRECTIONS