#this is a fucking doughnut poll on a fucking website and it got less than 500 votes

[troglobite]

the results are in! 52.1% of you are Correct! (41.1% + 11%)

12% of you have opinions i'd like to hear more about! (other, niche, What Is A Doughnut, not the same thing) i'd love to hear abt what constitutes a doughnut and which bakeries are delicious and miraculously make specific kinds of doughnuts you love.

i'm sad for the 2.9% of you who don't like doughnuts but y'know, fair enough. it's why i included the option in the first place. i figured there had to be some of you out there.

for 19.1% of you i'm intrigued abt where you're getting your cake doughnuts for them to be scratching a different itch and fulfilling a different but equally significant taste requirement or craving. bc every cake doughnut i've ever eaten has tasted exclusively like baking soda and sadness. and i've eaten many doughnuts from many places. groceries stores, doughnut chains, local bakeries across the nation, doughnuts that i've made myself, doughnuts that my family made, etc.

for the remaining 13.9% of you--have you only ever eaten krispy kreme or dunkin donuts? is your expectation for doughnuts particularly low? have you never had a good yeasted doughnut? if so i feel quite sad for you 😔 or maybe you just prefer doughnuts that can withstand being dunked in coffee (even then you'd have to soak that thing to justify the cake doughnut over a yeasted one, alas).

there's a chance that, even with the description and visual aid, you mistook cake doughnuts for old fashioneds or crullers both of which are different and quite good, should the mood strike. but they aren't cake doughnuts.

anyway, alas. the votes have shaken out. the majority has it!

y'know what

to clarify:

this is irrespective of their toppings and fillings. i am only talking abt the taste, texture, and experience of the doughnuts themselves.

pls do reblog for more answers. &if relevant, tag where you're from. i'm anticipating usa/canada opinions & responses to this mainly, but if you live elsewhere and have Opinions, tag & lemme know.

yeasted/raised doughnuts:

doughnuts where the dough rises through the use of yeast. they are deep fried and develop a pale ring around the middle from frying on both sides and raising even more during the cooking process. they can be glazed, sugared, topped with chocolate etc., have a hole in the middle, and/or be a complete pillow/circle and have a filling.

cake doughnuts:

these doughnuts are risen through the use of leavening agents, like baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, etc. they can be baked (in a form pan) or fried (if the batter forms into a shape-holding dough). they're pretty much exclusively in ring shapes/have a hole in the middle. they're topped with any variety of things, and occasionally have inclusions in the doughnut itself, the way muffins and cakes do.