Chocolate chai donuts, made in a small donut pan to make 6 donuts.
do·nut [doh-nuht, -nuht]: a cake that when shaped like a circle with a hole in the middle becomes a perfectly suitable breakfast. See also: doughnut. Copyright: Official dictionary of Dessert For Two.
Boy, could I use some cake for breakfast. I spent all of last week sleeping in hotel rooms. My husband and I have been spending a few days in each city in which he was offered a job. We've been checking out houses and grocery stores, and trying to imagine ourselves living in each place.
For most of you, a hotel room is a vacation because someone else makes your bed and cleans up after you. But for a germ-freak like me, staying in a hotel room means wearing shoes at all times (let’s not talk about the shower situation), and immediately peeling off all pillows and blankets from the bed. (The only thing that they wash daily is sheets, don't you know?!) Wait, we are going to talk about the shower situation. Here goes: the shower curtain. It gets me every time. I know they don’t wash it. I try to gingerly peel it away using tweezers and slide into the shower, but honestly, every damn time, the hot water creates an air current in the cold bathroom and the curtain blows against me. It touches me! And then I proceed to take a shower using water hotter than lava to scald the germs.
I am not comfortable in hotel rooms.
Therefore, I'm so happy to be back home. Home, where I can walk barefoot in a house with a shower curtain that has not touched wayward travelers. Home, where the comforter can touch my face while I sleep because I steam clean it once a month. Now you know how I live. My husband is accepting sympathy cards at this time.
The best part about being home is being back in my kitchen. I had a chocolate chai latte on the road (I think in St. Louis?), and it was divine. Chai is one of my all-time favorite flavors, plus chocolate? It should be breakfast all day, everyday. Chocolate chai donuts should be all day, everyday.
I adapted my chocolate donut recipe from Karly over at Buns in My Oven.
Chocolate chai donuts, baked in a small donut pan. A perfectly suitable breakfast, or dessert.Chocolate Chai Donuts
Ingredients
For the chocolate frosting:
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
6
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 253Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 200mgCarbohydrates: 27gFiber: 2gSugar: 6gProtein: 5g
sara says
Welcome home! :) Those donuts look AMAZING - they are definitely going on my 'to make' list - yum!
Lauren at Keep It Sweet says
OMG, I thought it was just me... the shower curtains gross me out and I freak when they touch me! I have a very low tolerance for hotels that seem even the tiniest bit dingy. Ew... These donuts are a well-deserved breakfast treat this week!
Stephanie @ Girl Versus Dough says
The thing that gets me most about hotel rooms are the pillows, for sure. Not only that someone else has slept on them (ick), but that they're always WAY too soft. I always feel like I'm sleeping in a marshmallow.
I'll take my own bed and a whole batch of these doughnuts, thankyouverymuch. :)
Elizabeth @ Joyful Kitchen Blog says
You might have finally convinced me to get a donut pan to make these babies! Look and sound delicious!
Stephie @ EYHO says
CRAP. I hate to clean. I'm BAD at cleaning. Which means you'd probably have hotel issues if you visited me. HOWEVER. I would totally give you clean blankets and sheets AND pillowcases. I just can't make any shower curtain promises, because how exactly does one clean a shower curtain? Doesn't it get clean in the shower? I guess not. See? Bad at cleaning.
You know what I'm not bad at? Eating cake for breakfast. Donuts make my world go 'round.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says
Glad you are back home! And these donuts? Two of my most favorite things ever!
dishing up the dirt says
welcome home. These donuts are calling my name big time!
Ashley - baker by nature says
These doughnuts are definitely the best thing I've seen all day! I kinda want to run home right now and make them.
Jersey Girl Cooks says
I love your donut definition! Great donuts.
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
Good Lord I just want to take a bite out of those!