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This easy chocolate glaze recipe makes enough for a standard doughnut recipe.

Ingredients

1½ cups (150 grams) confectioners' sugar
4 tablespoons (27 grams) cocoa powder
2 tablespoons milk or water
2 teaspoons vanilla

Preparation

  1. Sift together the sugar and cocoa powder in a medium bowl. Slowly stir in the milk and vanilla, a little at a time, to make a smooth, pourable glaze.

Cover of the cookbook Doughnuts by Lara Ferroni, featuring several varieties of homemade doughnuts.
Reprinted with permission from Doughnuts: 90 Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home by Lara Ferroni, © 2010 Sasquatch Books. Buy the full book at Amazon or ThriftBooks.
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  • is this the whole recipe? Because i think you are lying, you guys. i cant trust this recipe unless if you tell me because this is not the chocolate glaze.

    • Anonymous

    • 11/18/2023

  • Absolutely perfect. I use this recipe for all our donuts.

    • Divinely Gluten Free Bakery

    • Glens Falls, NY

    • 2/28/2023

  • Very good flavor! It works really well with the almond flour doughnuts I made. How should I store it when there is leftovers?

    • AudreyLove92

    • Heath ohio

    • 11/18/2022

  • Simple and amazing

    • Anonymous

    • Tupelo Ms

    • 8/26/2022

  • Simple and delicious! Just needs about 2-3 extra Tablespoons of milk! 😁

    • iiDxnielleii-TheBaker

    • Germany

    • 2/21/2022

  • I halved the recipe but added a little extra milk to thin it out a bit. Loved it!

    • Tash

    • NSW Australia

    • 10/22/2021

  • This was 100% delicious and I will absolutely make this again.

    • mickuwu

    • Harrison, AR

    • 6/5/2021

  • I used Hershey's cocoa powder and it was soooo yummy! Also the recipe was a little thick, so I added my "milk" (which is vanilla almond milk which really made it taste good) without measuring, just pouring gradually until it was the desired thickness. Anyone can make this! I am only 14 and have no cooking expierience whatsoever and it is soooo good! I put it on soybean butter (an imitation of peanut butter for people allergic to it) cookies.

    • Artsy_Babe

    • Earth

    • 12/1/2020

  • I tried this but it tasted a bit dark, What should I do next time?

    • Eva333

    • UK

    • 8/12/2020

  • I had to use 3 1/2 times the water to make a pourable glaze to go over my Chocolate Bundt Cake with a Cheesecake Filling.

    • cbliss30492155

    • Orlando, FL.

    • 6/15/2020

  • It is perfect if you add 3 tablespoons of milk. Very delicious!

    • LlamaBaker

    • USA

    • 4/15/2019

  • I actually doubled the ingredients and instead of vanilla I used cherry to cover a 4 tier chocolate cherry cake. It looked great tasted yummy. I did add an extra 2 teaspoons of milk and 1 extra cherry. I'd add a pic if I could.

    • Mandie E

    • Northwood, UK

    • 11/17/2018

  • I halved the recipe, and it came out way too thick! I added about half a tbsp more milk, ad then it was fine. Overall, a good recipe, very delicious.

    • Anonymous

    • 2/5/2018

  • This ingredient combo is great! So simple and easy! However the ratios are awful...WAY too much sugar!! I must have at least doubled the amount of the cocoa powder and dribbled in more water as needed. (I didn't measure this part, sorry). There was also too much vanilla extract-- as the recipe isn't heated up, there ended up being too much alcohol flavor. Thankfully after I balanced out the sugar with more cocoa, the vanilla was perfect!

    • ellipsis88

    • NC

    • 2/18/2017

  • This makes a great vegan glaze for cakes. I made this with hazelnut "milk" and used Frangelico instead of vanilla, the first time, and the second time used water instead of the milk, and Frangelico. Both times it was great. Also added a bit more cocoa powder (I always do!) and heated it up in the microwave for about 30 seconds to make it more pourable.

    • cindush

    • Hadera, Israel

    • 12/18/2014

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