For a girly afternoon – I had my sweetheart’s mom and his aunt coming to visit me – I needed some treats for them. I don’t like to have friends or relatives coming over and nothing to offer. I am from Italy and we always prepare coffee (or tea) and have some sweets.
So: what is fast, not too ‘crumbling’ and they would like for sure? Something with chocolate obviously. And as I have a new donut pan, I decided to do some chocolate donuts. I found a recipe to try on Mommy Potamus, one of the blogs I follow. They looked good and easy on the photos. Let’s try though!
Of course, I changed the recipe – like I always do – and omit the coconut extract. So the taste had no coconut in it, just chocolate. They came out super light, not too sweet and they were finished before the girls left. Next time maybe I will do them with real chocolate instead of cocoa.
For a finishing I covered the top with dark chocolate (at least 85 %) and dipped them in coconut sugar. Some I put some white chocolate on the top. They are light, yummy and are great for a last-minute treat to prepare.
- 1 c white almond flour
- 1/4 c cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp pink salt
- 3 egg yolks
- 3 egg whites
- 3 tbsp raw honey
- 3 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp vanilla paste
- 1/2 c crushed nuts like almonds and pecans
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F.
- In a bowl whisk all the dry ingredients.
- In a little pot mix the melted honey, the egg yolks and the ghee together with the vanilla paste. Stir until all is well combined.
- Add the honey-egg mixture to the dry ingredients and beat until smooth and soft.
- Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and fluffy. Fold the egg whites into the batter until all is well combined.
- Add the crushed nuts into the batter, stir to combine.
- Grease a donut pan, fill the batter in and bake for around 15 minutes. Let them cool out.
I added white and dark chocolate on the top to give them more color But also to 'bath' them in coconut sugar. Feel free to 'decorate' the donuts as you like.
