Food blogger of Drizzle & Dip, Sam Linsell has shared a recipe for chocolate stout doughnuts with chocolate glaze just in time for Valentine’s Day.
Sam says: “Because upscale doughnuts have become the urban food craze at the moment, I decided to put my own spin on the recipe using South Africa’s favourite milk stout chocolate variant.
Ingredients: Doughnuts
· 2 cups flour· ½ cup cocoa powder (unsweetened)· Pinch of salt· 1 tsp baking soda· ¾ cup brown sugar· 1 large free-range egg, at room temperature· 1 tsp vanilla extract· 1 cup Castle Milk Stout Chocolate· ½ cup buttermilk· 60gms / ¼ cup / 4 Tbsp softened butter Ingredients: The glaze
· 1 ½ cups icing sugar (sifted if there are lumps)· ½ cup cocoa powder· 1 tsp vanilla extract· 5 - 6Tbsp milk· Sprinkles to decorate Instructions: Doughnuts
· Pre heat the oven to 160C / 325 F· Using an electric mixer, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda and brown sugar in a bowl. Beat in the egg, vanilla and butter on a low speed until well combined. Add the beer and briefly mix until it’s incorporated. Do not overwork the batter.· Spray a doughnut pan with cooking spray and scoop the batter into a pastry bag fitted with a wide round tip. Pipe this into the doughnut pan filling it about ¾ of the way up.· Bake for around 12 minutes until firm to the touch and when a skewer is inserted it comes out clean. Cool in the pan slightly and then transfer to a cooling rack.· Repeat with the second batch of batter as this recipe makes between 22 – 24 doughnuts.PS: if you only have one pan, washing it between bakes cools it down. Instructions: The glaze
· To make the glaze, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until well combined.· Dip the doughnuts in the glaze scraping off any excess. Allow them to drip on a wire baking rack with a tray underneath to catch any excess.· Decorate with your sprinkles right away and then allow the glaze to harden slightly.*tip: to give the glaze a richer stout flavour, substitute 1 – 2 Tbsp of the milk for Castle Milk Stout Chocolate.
Sam’s cooking notes:· They are a delicious alternative to fried doughnuts.· Quick and very easy to whip up – baking time is 12 minutes.· Best eaten within a day or two.