Galaxy Doughnuts
A recipe for Galaxy Doughnuts inspired by the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C! These dark chocolate cake donuts are topped with a galaxy-like glaze.
Servings 12 -14 Doughnuts
Ingredients
Dark Chocolate Doughnuts:
- 1 1/2 cups (190 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup (135 grams) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (25 grams) black or dark cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons (16 grams) cornstarch
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (177 milliliters) milk
- 2 tablespoons (28 grams) unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Galaxy Glaze:
- 2 cups (250 grams) powdered sugar sifted
- 2-4 tablespoons (30-60 milliliters) milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Gel food coloring I used black, blue, purple, green, and red
Instructions
To make the Dark Chocolate Doughnuts:
- Preheat oven to 350˚F (180˚C). Grease 2-3 doughnut pans.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, black cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, instant espresso powder, and salt.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the milk, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix into the flour mixture just until incorporated with no lumps.
- Transfer the batter to a piping bag or a large ziploc bag with the corner snipped off. Pipe the batter into prepared doughnut pans. Each cavity should be about 3/4 full.
- Bake in preheated oven until set and the tops spring back when lightly pressed, 10-12 minutes.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to wire rack to cool completely to room temperature.
To make the Galaxy Glaze:
- In a large bowl, slowly whisk the milk and the vanilla extract into the powdered just until smooth and thin enough to coat the doughnuts.
- Divide the glaze equally among five bowls. Add one drop of the desired food coloring to each bowl and stir until evenly colored. Adjust coloring as needed.
- Pour each of the colors into a shallow bowl wide enough to dip the doughnuts.
- Use a toothpick or knife to very gently and lightly swirl the colors.
- Dip the top of a cooled doughnut into the glaze, twisting slightly. Transfer to a wire rack and repeat with remaining doughnuts.
- These Galaxy Doughnuts are best the day they are baked and assembled.