Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.

Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.

What is it about donuts that just makes the day go from 0 to 100 in literally minutes?!

These healthier chocolate CAKE DONUTS are seriously life changing you guys. They are too easy to make (..but really) and they happen to be made with all gluten-free, nut-free and vegan ingredients. These are the ultimate chocolate cake donut to whip up when you are craving something delicious and donuty, but want something a little healthier.

I whipped these up in just 15 minutes – they really are that easy! And covered them in a little glaze of sorts with non-dairy milk and powdered sugar for full on donut vibes. They are the most perfect addition to your cup of coffee, tea, whatever you want!

If you make these at home, let me know what you think! I hope you love them as much as we do over here.

Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.

What ingredients you need to make these healthier chocolate cake donuts:

How to make gluten-free and vegan chocolate donuts:

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a donut tray well (best purchase IMO)
  2. Mix together flax egg, oil, milk, sugar and vanilla until smooth
  3. Mix in flour, cacao powder and baking powder until smooth and fully combined
  4. Using a spoon, fill each donut mold with batter (I filled mine to the top)
  5. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes then remove from oven and allow the donuts to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from tray and enjoying!
  6. Store in airtight container for 3 days, fridge for 5 days or freezer for 2 months

A few of my other favorite healthy recipes to bake:

Gluten-free Copycat Entenmann’s Frosted Donuts

The Most Epic Vegan Sugar Cookie Bars (gluten-free)

The BEST Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (gluten-free)

Vegan Carrot Cake Banana Bread

Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.

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Insanely Good Vegan Chocolate Cake Donuts made with all gluten-free and nut-free ingredients. Plus these oven-baked donuts are ready in less than 15 minutes.

  • Prep Time: 5 mins
  • Cook Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins

Yield: 6 donuts 1x

Ingredients

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Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and grease a donut tray well (best purchase IMO)
  2. Mix together flax egg, oil, milk, sugar and vanilla until smooth
  3. Mix in flour, cacao powder and baking powder until smooth and fully combined
  4. Using a spoon, fill each donut mold with batter (I filled mine to the top)
  5. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes then remove from oven and allow the donuts to cool for at least 10 minutes before removing from tray and enjoying!

Notes

*You can make these into muffins too if you’d like!

  • Author: Rachel