Vegan Chocolate Baked Donuts (Gluten-Free) - Rhian's Recipes (2024)

These Vegan Chocolate Baked Donuts are moist and fluffy, perfectly sweet and covered in a shiny chocolate glaze. They're baked not fried, come together in one bowl and are gluten-free and refined sugar free too. Great for asnack,dessertorparty food!

How to make this recipe

Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

• Mix together all the ingredients in aglass mixing bowl.

Tip:Use ameasuring jugto measure out the plant-based milk.

• Transfer the batter into a donut tin.

Tip:Grease the tin first to make the donuts easier to remove afterwards.

• Bake in oven for around 10 minutes, until risen and an inserted skewer comes out clean.

• Transfer onto a cooling rackto cool slightlybefore applying the glaze.

How to make the glaze

• Melt the coconut oil in a bowl over a saucepan of boiling water or a microwave.
• Mix in the maple syrup and cocoa powder.

• Dip the donuts into the glaze one by one and place back on the cooling rackto dry.

How to decorate

If you wish to decorate the donuts, you can decorate them with:

• Freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries.
• Rose petals.
• Desiccated coconut.
• Cacao nibs.
• Crushed pistachios.

Tip:Make sure to scatter these ingredients over the donutswhile the glaze is still wet, otherwise they won't stick!

How long do these keep for?

These donuts taste best when fresh but keep covered in the fridge for up to a few days.

Substitutions you can make

• You can use any type of oil: coconut oil, olive oil or vegetable oil.
• You can use any type of plant-based milk: almond milk, rice milk, soy milk, cashew milk, oat milk etc.
• You can use any type of liquid sweetener: maple syrup, agave syrup, brown rice syrup etc.
• You can replace thevinegarwithlemon juice.
• You can replace the ground almonds (almond meal/almond flour) with ground walnuts.
• For a nut-free version: replace the ground almonds (almond meal/almond flour) with ground sunflower seeds.
• You can use plain flourinstead of the gluten-free flour if you’re not gluten-free.

Tips for making these

• The amount of batter specified in the recipe is the right amount to fill the whole of the donut tin I used, but if you have some leftover batter you can put them into cupcake cases and use it to make cupcakes - just remember to adjust the cooking time accordingly.
• I used a mini donut tin, but if you have a large donut tin, that will work too -just remember to adjust the cooking time accordingly.
• If you don't have a donut tin, this batter can be used to make cupcakes -just remember to adjust the cooking time accordingly.

If you liked these donuts, check out my Matcha Baked Donuts!

More vegan chocolate treats

• Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Truffles
• Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate Lava Cake
• Chocolate Bars

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