But there's a significant sensory difference between biting into a cake donut and biting into a yeast-raised donut. The ingredients are almost identical, and in both cases, the dough is deep-fried.
Washingtonian critic Ann Limpert counts herself a big fan of these straight-from-the-fryer treats, which she reports have “the airiness of a yeast doughnut but the flavor and crumb of a cake doughnut.