Enjoy these Green Donuts with Cream Cheese Frosting for St. Patrick's Day. These cute green donuts are chocolate flavored with a green tint and tasty cream cheese frosting.
Preheat Mini Donut Maker or preheat oven to 350 F.
Grease the donut maker or donut pan.
Cream the butter and sugar in a mixer until light and fluffy.
1 cup butter, 1 1/2 cup sugar
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
2 eggs, 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Combine the flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda in a bowl and stir to combine.
2 1/2 cup flour, 3 Tablespoon Cocoa Powder, 1 Tablespoon baking powder, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp baking soda
Add the buttermilk and vinegar to the batter, and then add the flour mixture and combine on low speed.
1 cup buttermilk, 1 Tablespoon vinegar
Add some green food coloring and mix well.
green food coloring
Put the batter into an icing piping bag and fill the donut maker or pan.
Bake 7 minutes in Donut Maker or 15 in the oven.
Cool completely on wire racks before frosting. Get the cream cheese and butter for the frosting out of the refrigerator to soften while the donuts cool.
3 oz cream cheese, 2 Tablespoon butter
To make the frosting mix the cream cheese and butter until smooth.
Mix in the powdered sugar and thin with milk.
1/4 cup powdered sugar, 2 Tablespoon milk
Dip the donuts in the frosting and then sprinkle with the green sugar.