Recipe: Chocolate Cake Doughnuts

Chocolate Cake Doughnuts
Yield: 30 Doughnut

1 1/2 c granulated sugar
2 eggs
4 tb butter
3 oz unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 ts vanilla
1 c buttermilk
3 1/2 c all-purpose flour
3 ts baking powder
1 ts baking soda
1/2 ts salt

ICING:
1 c powdered sugar
1 egg white
1/2 ts vanilla

All the ingredients should be at room temperature (70oF.) Beat the sugar and eggs together until creamy and lemon colored. Melt the butter and chocolate together in a small saucepan over low heat. Beat into the sugar and egg mixture. Combine the vanilla and the buttermilk. Stir into the sugar mixture. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Stir into the liquid mixture. Chill the dough slightly to make it easier to handle. Roll out half the dough on a lightly floured board. Roll to a 1/2" thickness. Cut into doughnuts. Allow the cut doughnuts to dry for 10 minutes. Heat 2-inches of oil to 370F in a large skillet. The dough should be at room temperature before frying. Dip a metal pancake turner into the hot oil each time before using it to move or turn a doughnut. Transfer the doughnuts to the skillet, one every 15 seconds. Fry each doughnut about 90 seconds per side. Remove the doughnuts and drain on paper towelling.