Oven White Chocolate Dounuts

 

Baked White Chocolate Cake Doughnuts

• 2 1/2 cups cake flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 large egg
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• 8 ounces (100 g) white chocolate, melted

1. Preheat oven to 375° F.  Spray mini doughnut pan with non-stick cooking spray, set aside.
2. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a small saucepan of just simmering water and using a spatula stir until chocolate is melted and smooth, set aside to cool.
3. Into a large bowl, using a fine-mesh sieve, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, nutmeg and salt.  Whisk to combine.
4. In a small bowl whisk together the buttermilk, egg, butter and vanilla.
5. Add the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture and whisk to just combine.
6. Add the cooled chocolate and whisk to just combine.
7. Place the doughnut batter into a large piping bag fitted with a small coupler and screw (no tip required).  Pipe batter into doughnut pan.  Tap doughnut pan lightly on counter. If using a muffin pan jut scoop in.
8. Bake until the tops of the doughnuts spring back when touched, about 6 to 8 minutes.  Remove from oven and cool in doughnut pan on a wire rack for 5 minutes before removing.
9. Remove from pan and place on wire rack to cool completely.
10. Finish the doughnuts with glaze and sprinkles.

Vanilla Doughnut Glaze

• ¼ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract
• 3 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
• Gel paste food colouring (if using)

1. Warm the milk and vanilla in a medium saucepan set over low heat.
2. Add the confectioners’ sugar and whisk slowly until well combined.
3. If tinting glaze, using a toothpick, add a drop of gel paste at a time, whisking to combine well, until you’ve reach the desired colour.
4. Remove from heat and set over a bowl of warm water (you may have to reheat over low heat occasionally).

Dip doughnuts, one-at-a-time, in the glaze and set on a rack placed over a baking sheet.  Decorate with sprinkles (if using) immediately.
Repeat with remaining doughnuts.  Let set 5 minutes before serving.