I know we've posted
a no yeast cake doughnut recipe a couple of times, both here and here, but today we're going for full on double rise, yeast filled spudnuts!
Back in December we posted a recipe for
No Yeast Cake doughnuts.
Not exact matches
Think: those apple cider
doughnuts you always got when you went apple / pumpkin picking in elementary school =
cake doughnutus; the pink - frosted - half - sprinkled ones from Dunkin' Donuts that you were never allowed to get except on road trips / special occasions / when you snuck in after school without your mother (oh wait, that was just growing up in my house) =
yeast.
Yeasted Items Sourdough bread Potato Bread Pita Bread Bagels Croissants English Muffins
Yeasted Doughnuts Deep Dish Pizza Grilled pizza No Knead Bread Coffee
Cake
I've been researching «
cake» donuts /
doughnuts to get a better understanding of the differences between
yeast leavened dough and baking powder leavened dough, the baking powder kind being the «
cake» type
doughnut.
Doughnuts generally fall into two categories:
yeast and
cake.
Maybe someday someone will be able to perfect a low - carb version of a
yeast raised
doughnut, but for now we have the
cake variety to dine on!
There are two types of Homemade
Doughnuts, cake doughnuts (leavened by baking powder) and yeast «raised» d
Doughnuts,
cake doughnuts (leavened by baking powder) and yeast «raised» d
doughnuts (leavened by baking powder) and
yeast «raised»
doughnutsdoughnuts.
Admittedly, baked
cake doughnuts and fried
yeasted doughnuts are two very different beasts, and while there is certainly a time and a place for fabulous, hot - out - of - the - fryer raised
doughnuts, I'd counter that when it comes to actually making homemade
doughnuts from scratch, particularly first thing in the morning, it's hard to beat a good baked
cake doughnut.
This recipe differs from my last in that it uses a traditional
doughnut «dough» mix, using
yeast, and not a
cake mix.
A traditional
doughnut «dough» mix, using
yeast, and not a
cake mix.
A dunked
yeast doughnut has the texture of a wet sandwich, but a dunked
cake doughnut is like eating tiramisu.
Cake doughnuts, lacking that honeycomb structure of big
yeast bubbles, are often (but not always) smaller, with a puckered little hole.
What's the difference between a
cake doughnut and a
yeast doughnut?
We make handcrafted three types of
doughnuts daily:
yeast,
cake and filled.
We know it's been around longer than the
cake doughnut because
yeast has been around many centuries longer than chemical leaveners.
Some (yes, these people exist) may not even know the difference between a
yeast doughnut and a
cake doughnut.
Cake doughnuts made with a wetter batter will have an uncracked surface, though one still rougher than any
yeast doughnut.
«A
cake doughnut is much more tender,» says Talbot, «whereas a
yeast doughnut has more chew.»
The big advantage of a
cake doughnut is that the batter can come in all kinds of flavors, whereas
yeast doughnuts typically get most of their flavor from the glaze (except at Curiosity Doughnuts, where Talbot also makes a chocolate yeas
doughnuts typically get most of their flavor from the glaze (except at Curiosity
Doughnuts, where Talbot also makes a chocolate yeas
Doughnuts, where Talbot also makes a chocolate
yeast dough).
Because when it comes down to it, a warm, fresh
doughnut, whether
cake or
yeast, is truly the best
doughnut.
Scott Levine, who makes only
cake doughnuts at his shop Underwest Donuts in Manhattan, says he prefers them to
yeast because: «I see an opportunity to layer flavor into the
cake each step of the way.
And the American
doughnut as we know it started, most likely, with the Dutch, who brought their
yeasted, pork fat - fried olykoeks (literally, oily
cakes) with them to New York.
Forget
Cake vs. Yeast, Potato Doughnuts Are the Greatest Do you find the chewy denseness of the cake doughnut totally irresisti
Cake vs.
Yeast, Potato
Doughnuts Are the Greatest Do you find the chewy denseness of the
cake doughnut totally irresisti
cake doughnut totally irresistible?
For «energy intake,» according to the study, kids are eating
yeast breads,
cakes, cookies, quick breads,
doughnuts, soft drinks, cheese, potato chips, corn chips, popcorn, sugars, syrups, jams and poultry, beef and milk.
I'm not sure I know the difference between a
yeast doughnut and a
cake — is that something a shop will typically note?