Black & White Glazed Donuts inspired by the ever-so-delicious black and white cookies. Donuts that are half chocolate and half vanilla topped with chocolate glaze and vanilla glaze. Amazing!
GLAZED DONUTS
I’m a huge fan of Black and White Cookies. (I’m sure you know the ones I’m talking about.) They have soft, cakey cookie bottom and a generous amount of chocolate and vanilla glaze on top, each covering half a cookie. I love them and I am still trying to find courage to make them at home.
I was really craving one last weekend and an idea popped in my head, “why not make a baked donuts version of those cookies?” These soft, cakey donuts are half chocolate and half vanilla and covered in chocolate icing on one half and vanilla icing on the other. They are so tasty!
I gotta tell ya, this was one messy project while I was trying to figure out the glaze and the best way to coat them. (But it was SO worth it int he end!) I wanted to try ganache on the chocolate half of the donut at first but it was too heavy for the result I was looking for. So I decided to just make chocolate icing and it was just perfect.
As far as coating them, you can do it two different ways. You can either carefully dip the donut in the icing, covering only one half or you can use a spoon and carefully pour icing over the donut half. I actually found it a little hard to dip donuts into icing to cover the second half, so pouring icing with a spoon will be a much easier way to go. Easier but a messier way since the icing will drip down. So spread a paper towel under the cooling rack.
For this recipe (and any other baking that I do), I used my trusty Rodelle Pure Vanilla Extract and Baking Cocoa Powder for the chocolate half of donuts. I’m sure that all of you who love to bake know that quality vanilla will make the recipe! I always use my Rodelle vanilla in baking and I am not giving it up. If you want a quality result, you know it’s important to have quality ingredients. You might spend a little bit more on a good pure vanilla extract or good bourbon vanilla beans but it is so worth it! I haven’t been able to touch another vanilla product since “meeting” Rodelle.
SOME MORE RECIPES TO TRY
Marble Cupcakes with Marble Cream Cheese Frosting
Boston Cream Donuts from Shugary Sweets
Oreo Overload Donuts from The First Year Blog
Cherry Jam Filled Sour Cream Doughnuts from Jo Cooks
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Black and White Glazed Donuts
Ingredients
- Donuts:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 2/3 cup white granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup low fat buttermilk
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter melted
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
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- 1 oz baking chocolate melted
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 Tbsp low fat buttermilk
- Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Chocolate Icing:
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 4 Tbsp heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease a donut pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk egg, sugar, buttermilk, melted butter and vanilla together until smooth.
- Sift in all dry ingredients and whisk until all incorporated.
- Take out half the batter and pour it into a piping bag. Set aside.
- Whisk in cocoa powder, melted chocolate and 1 Tbsp buttermilk into remaining batter. Whisk until smooth. Pour chocolate batter into another piping bag.
- Cut the tips off both piping bags, leaving only about ½ inch opening.
- Squeeze batter into the donut cups of the pan, using both bags at the same time (one in each hand), in the half-circle motion, making sure that half the donut is chocolate and the other half vanilla. Make sure there is an even amount of batter all around.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes and let donuts cool on the wire rack, just until the donuts cooled enough to be handled.Spread paper towel under the cooling rack to catch icing drippings.
- While donuts are cooling, prepare the icing.
- Heat up all heavy cream and vanilla until hot but not boiling. Combine cocoa powder and 3/4 cup powder sugar in one bowl and place 1 cup of powder sugar in another bowl. Whisk in 4 Tbsp of hot heavy cream into chocolate mixture until all smooth. Whisk in 3 Tbsp of hot heavy cream into powder sugar in another bowl until all smooth.
- You can either carefully dip top halves of donuts into icing or you can pour each icing over the donut halves with a spoon. I found it much easier to pour some icing over the donuts.
- Let donuts sit for 5-10 minutes and enjoy!
Nutrition
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Keopatre vladika says
Hello,
I have baked this recipe several times and is perfect , my only problem is that when I make the white glaze ,it’s not bright white and as well the chocolate glaze.
Please guide me what can I do ?
On 1st of August I want to bake for my daughter’s private bridal shower and glaze them all white and decorate them .
Thank you 😊
Alina says
Right now I don’t have a comment but I like what I have seen so far.
Lyuba says
Thank you, Alina!
Catherine Makris says
Hello,
I would like to ask if heavy cream, heavy whipping cream and sour cream, are all the same. I am looking at your delicious donuts and I want to try to make some. …
Thank you!
lyuba says
Hi Catherine!
Heavy cream is heavy whipping cream. At the stores, it will be labeled “heavy whipping cream” but it is definitely not the same as sour cream. Sour cream is much, much thicker. I hope you enjoy them! 🙂
angela says
Hi I tried your donuts to white chocolate-covered raspberries and I found them delicious I will try this recipe and I wanted to ask if the glaze hardens cooling I thought I would cover them with chocolate of different colors.
lyuba says
I’m so glad you liked them, Angela!! Thank you!
Glaze won’t be as hard as chocolate but it will get kind of a crust. If you are looking for a chocolate crunch, you can try melted chocolate of different colors. I hope you enjoy these as well and be on the lookout for coconut donuts coming in a few days 😉
Desiree @The36thAvenue says
Oh my! Pinning!
lyuba says
Thank you SO much!
Beverly says
I want to make these black and white glazed donuts, but it doesn’t list the amount of cocoa or melted chocolate. Could you please list those for me? Thanks
lyuba says
So sorry about that, Beverly! It was fixed!
Thank you, I do hope you like it!
Trisha says
i am looking forward to making these donuts as I am a huge fan of the “half moon” cookie. I too was looking for the amounts for the cocoa and melted chocolate
lyuba says
I’m so sorry about that, Trisha! It is fixed and I hope you’ll like it!
Megan - The Emotional Baker says
Oooh – I love those cookies, too! I couldn’t resist these donuts either 🙂 Gorgeous!
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Megan 🙂
Raeesa says
Hello..
These donuts look absolutely delicious!!!
I was also reading through the recipe and missed the cocoa and Choc amount..
Pls help..
Would like to try them out soon!
And I was wondering if I could make them in a cake pop maker instead?
Thanks.
lyuba says
I’m so sorry about that! I had to rewrite the recipe after I lost it and must have missed it. I fixed it 🙂
I’ve never used cake pop maker but I would guess that you can. Use two separate piping bags and add batter side by side to each hole. Good luck!!
Thank you!
Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel says
Love these donuts!! Best of both worlds!! They look so yummy 🙂
lyuba says
Thank you so much, Jess!
Regina says
The instructions mention using cocoa powder and melted chocolate to make the chocolate batter, but don’t list the amounts required. Can you please tell me how much I would need of each? These look delicious and I can’t wait to make them!
lyuba says
I’m so sorry about that! It was fixed 🙂
Thank you, Regina!