Donettes are tiny little rounds of deliciousness that really don't bear that much resemblance to bakery doughnuts but are somehow still satisfying. You can make your own in a flash with the aid of a mini doughnut pan. While it may seem strange, the addition of rye and barley flours into the batter makes for an exceptionally flavorful treat. To make Chocolate Mini Cake Doughnuts, simply add two tablespoons of cocoa powder to the flour mixture.
Ingredients
14 to 16 mini doughnuts
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400°F and lightly grease a mini doughnut pan.
Step 2
Sift the white spelt, rye, barley, and baking powder together. Whisk in the sugar, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
Step 3
In a separate bowl, whisk together the melted butter, milk, vanilla, and egg. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined. Do not overmix or your doughnuts may be rubbery.
Step 4
Fill each doughnut cup 1/2 to 3/4 of the way full with the batter. You can do this with a spoon, but I prefer using a piping bag to fill each cup evenly and cleanly. It's important not to overfill or as the doughnuts rise, you'll lose the hole. Bake until the doughnuts spring back when touched, 6 to 10 minutes depending on the size of your doughnut pan. Let cool completely on a wire rack; then dip in melted chocolate or dust with powdered sugar.
Forgluten-freeMini Cake Doughnuts, replace all the flours with an equal weight of gluten-free all-purpose baking mix.
ForveganMini Cake Doughnuts, replace the butter with an equal amount of coconut oil; the milk with an equal amount of soy or almond milk; and the egg with 1/4 cup silken tofu.
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Reviews (2)
Back to TopGreat recipe but I expected that it would make more (1/2 dozen mini). Visually it's very difficult to determine when they're done, checked them at 6 min and figured they needed the full 10 min - at 10 they didn't look done still, but I think were a little overdone. I used AP, wheat, and barley flour - everyone really enjoyed them (toddlers even). Nice change of pace and went together really easily.
bonniethebaker
south florida
11/25/2012
Wow - what a great recipe! Nice base you can easily adjust - recipe yielded 30 *mini* doughnuts using apx a heaping teaspoon each. Some I rolled in powdered sugar; others, I brushed with melted butter and then dipped in cinnamon/sugar. I could easily see adding lemon or orange zest for a little more zing. We loved.
Litegal1
11/1/2012
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