Valentine's Strawberries and Chocolate Heart Donuts
Valentine's Strawberries and Chocolate Heart Donuts — a Dawn Foods recipe in 4 components. Uses Dawn Fond Cream Stabiliser 2.5 kg, Strawberry.
- mixing time (slow speed)
- 2 min
- mixing time (fast speed)
- 8-10 min
- resting time
- 10 min
- sheeting thickness
- 9-10 mm
- proofing time
- 40-50 min
- proofing temperature
- 38 °C
- proofing humidity
- 85 % RH
- air drying time
- 10 min
- frying time (each side)
- 120 s
- frying temperature
- 180 °C
- filling amount per donut
- 20 g
- water temperature (filling)
- min 22 °C
Ingredients
Donuts
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Premium Raised Donut Mix | 2000 g |
| Fresh yeast | 100 g |
| Water | 980 g |
Strawberry Filling
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Fond Cream Stabiliser 2.5 kg, Strawberry | 200 g |
| Water (min 22 °C) | 200 g |
| Lightly whipped cream | 1000 g |
Topping
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Dawn Vanilla Glossy Icing | |
| Dawn Glossy Icing - Chocolate |
Decoration
| Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Chocolate heart | |
| Heart sugar sprinkles |
Method
- Donuts
Add all the ingredients to a spiral mixer and mix for 2 minutes on slow speed, then 8-10 minutes on fast speed.
- Donuts
Cover the dough and let it rest for 10 minutes.
- Donuts
Sheet the dough out to a thickness of 9-10 mm.
- Donuts
Cut out donuts using a heart shape cutter.
- Donuts
Proof for 40-50 minutes at 38°C / 85% RH, then allow to air dry for 10 minutes.
- Donuts
Fry for approximately 120 seconds on each side at 180°C and allow to cool thoroughly.
- Strawberry Filling
Add the Dawn Strawberry Fond powder to the prepared water and mix until completely dissolved.
- Strawberry Filling
Add 1/3 of the lightly whipped cream and fold it in.
- Strawberry Filling
Add the rest of the cream and fold in, making sure the fond is fully combined.
Assembly: Make a hole in the wide end of each donut and inject each of them with 20 g of the strawberry filling.
Assembly: Warm the Dawn Vanilla and the Dawn Chocolate Glossy Icings up in separate plastic bowls.
Assembly: Dip the top of the donuts in either icing and remove the excess from the top.
Assembly: Decorate with a chocolate heart or sugar sprinkles.
Assembly: The Dawn Vanilla Glossy Icing can be coloured red/pink if desired.
Dawn Foods recipe. Quantities and method as published by the manufacturer for its customers; test the formula under your own conditions before production.