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
Nora (Buttercream Fanatic) says
I pinned this recipe when you first posted it and have been eyeballing it ever since...You know, despite my silent promise to myself to BE GOOD tonight, I'm making these for dessert. Try and stop me! :)
Nutmeg Nanny says
Chocolate chai?! Oh goodness, I am loving this recipe :)
dixya| food, pleasure, and health says
if i get few of these donuts while I am at the hotel rooms, I will probably ignore the grossness. Bedsheets freaks me out the most.
Lexi says
Chai? Chocolate?!? SOLD!
Dawn says
is there a way I can cheat by not buying all these spices? can I brew chai tea and substitute it for the milk? or how about using the dry tea itself? is it safe to digest? thanks
Christina Lane says
Hi Dawn!
Do you still want it to taste like chai? You could leave out all the spices and just have a chocolate donut. I wouldn't substitute tea for milk...milk has protein and is acidic, which tenderizes baked goods. Best of luck!
Dawn says
Hi and thanks for replying! I want the chai taste but I am hesitant to buy the spices. I once make Earl Grey cookies by using the contents of tea bags so maybe I will give it a try and see if it works.
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
Chocolate AND Chai AND promises of cake for my face in the morning? YUS! I am so in love with these rings of cake-y breakfast perfection! Pinned!
Danae @ recipe runner says
Oh good I'm not the only germaphobe out there who won't touch the top cover of the hotel bed, immediately throws the decorative pillows onto a chair, and the thought of walking around barefoot makes my skin crawl. I can totally relate to how you feel. I love these donuts! Chocolate and chai is such a great combination!
Christina @ Christina's Cucina says
My mother would LOVE you because she is the exact same way in hotel rooms! I'm not quite so much so, but refuse to drink from the glasses and definitely check sheets before deciding to stay in the room.
You probably won't even believe this but I don't think I've ever had a chocolate doughnut! Doughnuts were always around when I was growing up in Scotland, but only yeast ones and I'd never even tasted a cake doughnut until I came to the US, but these sound lovely with the Chai flavor! Love your definition of a donut, too! ;)
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
These are like two of my favorite things all wrapped into a donut!
Lauren Kelly Nutrition says
I bet these are delicious!