Animal Donuts
For Milk & Honey Donuts
- Non stick oil spray
- 1.5 cups self raising flour
- 1/2 cup caster sugar
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 egg
- 125g/4ozs. butter, melted
- Pinch of salt
For decoration
- 300g/10.6ozs white chocolate
- 30g/1oz dark chocolate
- Almonds for the ears for the cats and eyes for the frogs
- Pistachio for the cow ears
- Green and pink fat soluble food colouring
- Red hearts
Step 1 - Preheat oven to 180C/350F and spray the cavities of a donut tray well. In a bowl whisk the flour, sugar and salt well. In a jug measure the milk, honey, egg and melted butter until mixed well together. Make a well in the centre of the dry ingredients and add the wet mix and stir until mixed and there are no lumps. Pour back into the jug and pour into the cavities. I could make 18 donuts with this mix. Bake for 18 minutes and cool.
Step 2 - Melt the white chocolate. Have a tray lined with parchment ready to place the donuts.
To make cats: with a paring knife, cut little holes into the tops of the donuts and dip the almonds into the white chocolate and then stick the almonds pointy side up. Dip very briefly into the chocolate and then roll the donut around the sides (or do whatever method you prefer but it can get messy). Place the two hearts to the side of the face to form a "bow".
To make dogs: just dip the donuts into the white chocolate and roll in the sides.
To make the cows: slice four little spaces in the top of the donuts with a paring knife. Dip the pistachios into the white chocolate and slip in the pistachios into the holes. Allow to set briefly and then dip the donut top down into the white chocolate and roll the sides to get a smooth surface.
To make the pandas: Cut holes like the ones above but this time, use the rounded end of the almond facing up. Again dip and roll the donuts.
To make the frogs: do the same as above but dye a portion of the white chocolate green and use this.