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
Aimee @ Shugary Sweets says
Ha! Love your definition!!! These look divine!
Kim | a little lunch says
Christina, I can so relate. Hotel bathrooms are downright scary at times... I pack flip flops wherever I go! (Never experienced the clinging shower curtain effect, though, lol.) I hope your job search(es) are going well... these donuts (and your dictionary definition) were a welcome sight.
Stefanie @ Sarcastic Cooking says
Oh my god, you are too funny! I never thought about the shower curtain! That kinda creeps me out now. These doughnuts look perfect. Yous did an amazing job on that frosting. I wish my frosting jobs looked that good!
Bev @ Bev Cooks says
OMG I want all of the donuts.
Paula - bell'alimento says
Good golly Miss Molly! Need these now.
Mallory @ Because I Like Chocolate says
Chocolate donuts are the only way to go, especially when they are topped with chocolate icing!
shelly (cookies and cups) says
Omg dying over the shower curtain!! Just what I needed.. a few new things to obsess about in a hotel room!!
Also, these donuts. Sigh.
Erin | The LawStudent'sWifen says
Oh I so wish I had read this before departing for our dairy adventure! The comforter freaks me out, but I never even thought about the shower curtain. I need to eat about 6 of these donuts and calm down.
Heather @ Sugar Dish Me says
Ack!!! The shower vacuum!!! You were SPOT ON with that one!
I love chai. I haven't had it in awhile! I have a bag full of cardamom a reader sent me. It wants to be in these donuts.
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
Wait. What? They don't clean the pillow cases between guests? Yeah, they do! They have to. Right?
I'm happy you're back home! :) I love staying in hotels. It means that my husband can't sit on the internet all day. Woohoo!
And love these donuts. So pretty and chai makes them so much more interesting! :)