60gbuttersoftened (use Stork hard margarine if dairy-free)
60glight brown sugar
125ggluten-free plain flour
1/2tspbicarbonate of soda
1/2tspground cinnamonoptional
1medium eggbeaten
35gmilk or dark chocolate chipsdairy-free if necessary
Nutelladairy-free if necessary - see FAQ for alternatives
For the frosting
130gicing sugar
2 1/2tbspNutella
1/2tspvanilla extract
4tspmilkapprox - please add gradually. Dairy-free if necessary
Sprinklesensure they are gluten free
Instructions
For the doughnuts:
Preheat your oven to 180C (160C fan) and grease your doughnut tin.
Cream together the light brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
Next add your beaten egg alongside your mashed banana (I tend to just mash mine with a fork!). Either by hand or with a whisk, mix your eggs and banana in until combined. At this stage you'll realise how important it is to have very ripe bananas - if they are underripe it's harder for them to combine.
Add your gluten free flour, cinnamon and bicarbonate of soda to the bowl and mix briefly just to combine and so that no dry flour can be seen.
Mix in your chocolate chips.
Spoon a small amount of your mixture into each of your doughnut rings, followed by a small amount of Nutella and then cover with more mixture. Ideally they shouldn't be right to the top but if they are, you'll survive!
Bake in the oven for about 15 minutes until cooked through. Allow to cool before gently easing out of the tin, I use a knife around the edge of mine often.
For the frosting:
Place your icing sugar in a bowl, add your Nutella and vanilla and mix it in. Make sure the Nutella is quite loose and not cold or else its harder to mix in.
Gradually add your milk mixing between each addition. It will suddenly come together to form a shiny lovely frosting / glaze. You don't want it to be too thick or too runny. But... thick is better than runny!!!
To assemble:
Drizzle the frosting on top of each doughnut and then finish with colourful sprinkles. Allow the set before enjoying!
Notes
I've reduced the amounts so you don't make too many. If you want to make more then double the mixture, but you'll ideally need two doughnut trays.
You don't have to make the frosting, you can eat them without or you could coat in a little sugar whilst still warm.