Old-fashioned doughnut

Old-fashioned doughnuts

Old-fashioned doughnuts – cinnamon sugar (left), chocolate glazed (centre top) and maple glazed (right). Shape shown is typical of commercially available buttermilk donuts.
Type	Cake doughnut
Main ingredients	Flour, sugar, eggs, butter, sour cream or buttermilk and chemical leavener
Media: Old-fashioned doughnuts

The old-fashioned doughnut is a term used for a variety of cake doughnut prepared in the shape of a ring with a cracked surface and tapered edges.^[1] While many early cookbooks included recipes for "old-fashioned donuts" that were made with yeast,^[2] the distinctive cake doughnuts sold in doughnut shops are made with chemical leavener and may have crisper texture compared to other styles of cake doughnuts. The cracked surface is usually glazed or coated with sugar.

Commercially prepared old-fashioned doughnuts may be prepared using a batter mix that is made with the addition of water. Such mixes are used by some doughnut shops. Specialty versions are made by using an enormous variety of ingredients, and some old-fashioned doughnuts are produced as doughnut holes.