Baked Chocolate Doughnuts with Matcha Glaze
Wife Mama Foodie's moist and chocolatey cake doughnuts are topped with a healthy & delicious matcha glaze made with cashews! Can you believe that this dessert is also free of gluten, dairy, and refined sugar?
Chocolate Cake Doughnuts:
Matcha Glaze:
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 12 minutes
Total time: 27 minutes
Yield: 12-16 doughnuts
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake Doughnuts:
- 1¼ cup coconut sugar
- 1 cup gluten-free all purpose flour (we use Bob's Red Mill 1-to-1 Baking Flour)
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- ¼ cup dark cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 egg
- ⅔ cup almond milk or other milk of choice (can also use coffee for stronger chocolate flavor)
- ¼ cup melted coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Matcha Cashew Glaze:
- 1 cup raw cashews, presoaked in boiling water for 30-60 minutes and drained
- ¼ cup honey
or maple syrup
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, optional
- 1-3 teaspoons MU matcha powder, to taste
- 3-6 tablespoons almond milk or other milk of choice (more or less to get desired consistency)
- Optional toppings—cacao nibs, crumbled freeze-dried raspberries, black sesame seeds, hemp seeds, cocoa powder, matcha powder, mini chocolate chips or shavings)
Instructions:
Chocolate Cake Doughnuts:
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Lightly grease doughnut pan with coconut oil or cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine sugar, flours, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Mix in egg, milk, coconut oil, and vanilla until mixture is smooth.
- Fill doughnut pan ⅔ full and tap pan on the counter to even out the batter. Alternatively you can place mixture into a large plastic baggie or piping back and cut off ¼-inch tip. Pipe batter into the doughnut pan. (This way is much cleaner!)
- Place pan on the middle rack in the preheated oven and bake until firm to the touch, about 10-14 minutes, depending on your pan and oven.
- Let pan cool slightly and then invert the doughnuts out onto a baking rack or piece of parchment paper. If your pan tends to stick, run a knife along the edge of each doughnut in the pan before inverting.
Matcha Glaze:
- Place soaked and drained cashews, honey, coconut oil, vanilla, 1 teaspoon of the matcha powder (to start), and 3 tablespoons milk (to start) into a high powered blender. Blend, scraping down the sides as needed, adding milk a tablespoon at a time until glaze is creamy and a "drizzle-able" consistency. Add more matcha powder to taste.
- Pour glaze into a shallow dish and carefully dip the top of the doughnuts into the glaze. Top with optional toppings or leave plain.
- Alternatively, you can drizzle the glaze over the doughnuts.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in a cool area or in the fridge. Makes 12-16, depending on the size of your pan
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