Ultimate Raspberry Chocolate Cake Donuts are moist and easy to make. Topped with effortlessly easy raspberry glaze and decorated with melted chocolate and chopped raspberries, these donuts make for a unique, gorgeous, and delicious treat.

Topped with effortlessly easy raspberry glaze and decorated with melted chocolate and chopped raspberries.

Making Raspberry Chocolate Cake Donuts

  • Make Chocolate Cake Batter (1 whisk, 2 bowls)
  • Fill Donut Pans
  • Bake Donuts (15 minutes)
  • Allow Donuts to Cool
  • Puree and Strain Raspberries
  • Create Glaze (3 ingredients)
  • Top Donuts with Glaze
  • Decorate as Desired

Ingredients

For the Donuts

  • 1 ยผ cupsย all purpose flour
  • โ…“ cupย unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ยพ teaspoonย baking powder
  • ยผ teaspoonย baking soda
  • ยผ teaspoonย salt
  • ยฝ cupย vegetable oil
  • ยผ cupย granulated sugar
  • โ…” cupย light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 teaspoonย vanilla extract
  • 1ย large egg, room temperature
  • 3 tablespoonsย sour cream, room temperature
  • ยฝ cupย buttermilk, room temperature

For the Glaze

  • 2 cupsย powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoonsย raspberry puree (aroundย ยพ cupย of raspberries blended and sieved)
  • ยฝ tablespoon- 1 ยฝ tablespoons milk
  • For the Decoration
  • 3 tablespoonsย chocolate chips, melted
  • chopped raspberries

Instructions

For the Donuts

  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray donut pan with cooking spray. If using a silicone donut mold, place molds on top of a baking sheet for easier removal from the oven.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk all purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
  3. whisk vegetable oil, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, vanilla extract, room temperature egg, room temperature sour cream, and buttermilk together.
  4. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, whisking slowly and carefully. Overmixing will lead to dry and dense donuts.
  5. Transfer batter to a Ziploc bag or piping bag if desired, cutting off the corner or tip respectively.
  6. Bake donuts for 12-16 minutes

For the Glaze

  1. Push mixture through a fine mesh sieve to remove the seeds.
  2. In a medium bowl, mix powdered sugar, 2 tablespoons of raspberry puree, and ยฝ tablespoon of milk together. Glaze should be thick. Glaze should not look wet or runny at all.

To Decorate

  1. Use a spoon or knife, spread about 1-2 tablespoons of glaze on top of each donut. Begin by adding glaze towards to the middle of the donut, as some will likely fall over the edges.
  2. Melt chocolate in the microwave in a microwave safe bowl in 30 second increments, stirring in between each round. Transfer melted chocolate to a Ziploc bag or piping bag if desired.
  3. Using a spoon, piping bag, or Ziploc bag, drizzle the melted chocolate over each donut.
  4. Place a few piece of chopped raspberry on top of each donut to garnish.