Some kind of summer has finally arriverd here in the middle of Germany. The pouring rain has stopped and left many damages behind, but it is warm and sunny… I call it berry time.

Berry time because it makes you want something fresh, something juicy, something sweet – like berries? I found an amount of really tasty raspberries at the supermarket and decided to use them in a dough. As my boyfriend passed his last exams for the A-levels last week, there was a good reason for baking :).

I heard the donut maker was crying for me, so it was not a difficult decision to use the fruit in a chocolate dough. Have a look at the resut :).

Chocolate Raspberry Donuts

(makes about 50 donuts)

230g (2 cups) flour
30 g (3 tbsp) dark cocoa powder
130g (½ cup + 1 tbsp) sugar
1 pkt vanilla sugar
150 ml (½ cup + 3 tbsp) milk
100 ml (½ cup – 2 tbsp) heavy cream
3 eggs
3 tbsp corn oil
1 pck (3 tsp) baking powder

150 g (5 oz.) fresh raspberries

Put all the ingredients into a large bowl. Stir with a stand or a handheld mixer on medium or high speed, until the batter is smooth. Preheat your donut maker. Cut the raspberries into halves or, if you have bigger ones, in three parts each.

Place 2 or 3 pieces of the raspberries into each mould. Fill in about 1 tbsp of the dough into each mould and bake with the lid closed for about 3 minutes.