Chocolate and orange is such an underrated combo. We always reach for the strawberries or the Oreos to pair with chocolate, but what about the oranges!?! With all this lovely orange citrus, Love Eat Sleep Food helped me with my ode to chocolate and orange with these baked donuts. They are such a yummy treat and you don’t need to stress with all the frying.

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

• 1 Cup + 2 TBSP All Purpose Flour
• 5 TBSP Cocoa Powder
• 3/4 TSP Baking Powder
• 1/4 TSP Baking Soda
• 1/4 TSP Salt
• 43g Butter
• 1/3 Milk Chocolate Chips
• 1 TSP Coffee
• 1 Egg
• 3/4 Buttermilk
• 1 TSP Vanilla
• 3 TBSP Orange Juice
• 1 TSP Orange extract
• Zest of 1 Orange

Icing

• 4 oz Chopped Dark Chocolate
• 1/2 Cup Heavy Cream
• 1 TBSP Orange Juice
• 1 TBSP Butter
• Orange slices for decoration

Let’s Get Baking

Preheat the oven to 350F

In a small saucepan heat the butter until melted. While waiting to melt, combine the flour + baking powder + baking soda + cocoa powder + salt in a medium bowl.

Add the chocolate chips to the saucepan, as well as coffee + orange juice + vanilla + milk, mix to combine. Let cool briefly until adding brown sugar + orange zest + egg. Stir to combine.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry and fold, don’t over mix. Pour the ingredients into a zip log bag and make a small incision. Pipe into a donut pan until it’s 2/3 full.

Bake for 13-15 minutes.

While baking make the icing!

Place the chopped chocolate to a heatproof bowl. In a seperate saucepan, add the heavy cream and bring to a simmer. Add in the chocolate + orange juice, stir to combine. After letting sit for 5 minutes, add in the butter and stir until smooth.

Wait for the donuts to cool before dipping in the ganache.

Top with orange zest + slices.

Made with Love,

Hannah