For the Chocolate Donuts

Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare a donut pan by lightly greasing it. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, sugar, egg, butter, and vanilla until combined.

Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.

Spoon the batter into donut cavities filling them about 2/3 of the way. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the donut comes out clean.

Remove the donut pan from the oven, and allow the donuts to cool in the pan for 10 mins. Transfer donuts to a wire rack to cool.

For the Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

Using a stand mixer (or a hand mixer) beat the butter until fluffy and light in color, about 2-3 minutes.

Add in the the softened cream cheese and beat until fully combined.

Next, add in the peanut butter and beat until combined.

Add in the vanilla and heavy cream and beat until combined.

Add half of the powdered sugar and beat until combined. Now add the remaining powdered sugar and beat again until fully combined. At this point you may add a bit more heavy cream to achieve the desired frosting consistency.

I used a simple tablespoon to spread the frosting onto the donuts and then decorated with chocolate shavings.