Baked Chocolate Cake Donuts

For the donuts:
Lightly grease a donut pan (or muffin tin) and preheat oven to 350ºF.

Sift all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Add the applesauce and mix until it makes coarse crumbs.

Whisk together the yogurt, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add this mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just incorporated.

Fill a Ziploc bag with the batter and cut a slit in the corner. Pipe the batter into each cup about 1/2 to 2/3 full. Bake for about 10-12 minutes, until the donuts spring back when lightly touched. Let cool slightly before glazing.

For the glaze:
Melt chocolate chips, corn syrup, butter and vanilla together in a small bowl in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between each interval (you can also heat it in a small saucepan over the stove, stirring constantly over low heat). Once melted, dip the slightly cooled donuts into the glaze, then set donuts on some parchment paper and allow glaze to set for about 30 minutes before serving.