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[Seth C]

You guys can do what you want, but these are the only donuts I'm putting in my mouth hole:

Spalding's Bakery in Lexington KY. The line might look like this.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

You guys can do what you want, but these are the only donuts I'm putting in my mouth hole:

Spalding's Bakery in Lexington KY. The line might look like this.

I don't see any maple donuts

 

[Seth C]

I don't see any maple donuts

I'm a basic glazed man myself, but I'm sure they will do something you can enjoy:

 

[Regiruler]

I'm a basic glazed man myself, but I'm sure they will do something you can enjoy:

Is that a sticky bun? Dear lord.

 

[Seth C]

Is that a sticky bun? Dear lord.

It is, my good man, baked fresh with cinnamon and topped with pecans in a sticky glaze. $1.00

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Most doughnuts I see that are labelled "old-fashioned" are glazed cake doughnuts, but not the same as sour-cream doughnuts.

Personally my favorite doughnuts would be yeast based, with no glaze. The doughnuts at American Chinese restaurants/buffets are so good. Nice chewy texture, savory flavor to the dough, and a coating of granulated sugar for just enough sweetness.

Crullers are my second favorite, though I prefer them without any glaze.

 

[Seth C]

Cake doughnuts can suck it. Yeast doughnuts are the only way to go.

 

[Regiruler]

Cake doughnuts can suck it. Yeast doughnuts are the only way to go.

Impossible. I can appreciate the sticky bun, but I had not realized those were yeast donuts. Cake has such an infinitely fuller flavor that yeast completely fails by comparison. You can pile all the toppings you want, but it will still feel empty inside.

Cake > Yeast

 

[Seth C]

Impossible. I can appreciate the sticky bun, but I had not realized those were yeast donuts. Cake has such an infinitely fuller flavor that yeast completely fails by comparison. You can pile all the toppings you want, but it will still feel empty inside.

Cake > Yeast

Not all of their doughnuts are yeast, but their basic glazed and chocolate glazed are. Trust me, they are absolutely full of flavor. They haven't been in business since 1929 for nothing.

 

[Christine]

Whoa. This is weird, that's my photo and site, haha. So crazy you cited it. We're redesigning now so bare with the design.

Onto donuts. My favorite is listed on there, chocolate glazed buttermilk. We say "cake" and "buttermilk" pretty interchangeably here in California so maybe it's not specific to the northeast.

It's a really good photo of a plain old-fashioned donut.

I'm also in California. I think it's just a consequence of donut selection. If the only old-fashioned the shops have is a glazed sour cream, an old-fashioned is a sour cream donut. If there aren't any old-fashioned donuts, a less sweet cake donut is probably the closest approximation.

 

[PureYeti]

The sour cream donuts comes to mind. I see a lot of grocery stores labeling them as that

 

[outunderthestars]

idk eating sweets is pretty infantile imo

 

[mrklaw]

my two joint favourites are

- Mr Donuts old fashioned - looks like the 'cake' version in this thread.
- Freshly cooked ring doughnuts from the pier in Brighton - no sugar please mr doughnut man, just fresh from the conveyor.

 

[Soybean]

As Christine says, both types of doughnuts under discussion are cake doughnuts (as opposed to yeast-raised). One's just plain, smooth and generally drier inside while the other has that craggy exterior and super moist inside.

I guess it hadn't occurred to me that shape was the defining characteristic since I've only seen that shape in the sour cream variety.

 

[Giard]

Old-fashioned donuts filled with maple syrup are the best. Mm.

We call the potato donuts over here

 

[HuskerDutheDu]

My donut tastes go like this:

1. Sour Cream Donuts
2. Apple Fritters
3. Krispy Kreme glazed

The rest... you can have them.

My dude. Yes. Apple fritters are majorly slept on.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Why is there so much donut terminology

it's serious business

 

[bakerbakes]

I'm just happy that after twenty seven years I still can't ask for an "old-fashioned" with a straight face.

 

[eternalblue]

I'm from Michigan and I've never heard anyone ever refer to "old-fashioned" doughnuts. I'd just call the two OP posted plain doughnuts or sour-cream doughnuts.

 

[codhand]

seth those look delicious

personally, i prefer plain as mentioned in OP. but i welcome all donuts.