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tried out a new cake donut recipe this evening

Started by jimbarry, December 11, 2020, 08:58:50 PM

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jimbarry

For the last 35 yrs I've had a hammer in one hand and a rolling pin in the other. Hands have to be kept busy. :)

Retired from baking industry 15 yrs ago but we're always baking at home a couple times a week. Tonight we got to test out a kitchen gadget I bought a while back, a hand held device for plunging cake donut batter. Apparently works for pancakes too. May try that some Sunday morning.



 

 

 

 

 

Cake donuts we make are usually a little dense because its a dough I roll out on the table but this batter was more in keeping with what we used to do for the higher volume production in a bakery environment. Only here on a much smaller scale.  Surprisingly the donut is very light, kind of a cross between a traditional cake donut and a yeast raised donut.  If some survive long enough to go stale I suspect they would be a bit rubbery as opposed to typical stale cake donuts. Will have to try hard not to let any be left around too long. :)

This batch made 2 doz plus about 8-9 of the bits.

jimbarry


Ljohnsaw

Ooooo, I'm craving them now!  Old Fashioned are one of my favorite doughnuts.  If I had that, I'd be over 300 lbs!
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mike_belben

I cant say no to a doughnut or 3.  Fortunately TN does not have a DD on every corner like massachusetts. 
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Raider Bill

We call them fry cakes. My Grandfather owned a bakery. Made the best I've ever had. One of those things from childhood I've never been able to duplicate.
I put them in the toaster to warm up.
Love them with apple cider if I could find any.
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Raider Bill

 My grandfather had a machine that he left in the window of the bakery He poured the batter in the machine which cut it and dropped it in the hot oil. I went around in a circle being pushed by arms across the hot oil. When it got to the end of the circle it would then be pushed out onto a little ramp then slid down into the drying pan which was a wire mesh to cool. When someone wanted a dozen donuts they would just be put into a paper bag. If you wanted cinnamon or confectionary sugar he'd throw a spoonful of whichever you wanted in the bag shake it up and hand it to you.  As kids we were mesmerized watching the batter drop in go around the circle and come out donuts.

I think donut making is in my near future as soon as I get one of those cutters.

300 here I come!
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sawguy21

Sigh! Donuts and I get along too well, especially the glazed fresh from the oven. I will have to pass, just getting my weight down to a manageable level. :'(
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Raider Bill

Quote from: jimbarry on December 12, 2020, 11:31:54 AM
Quote from: Raider Bill on December 12, 2020, 10:44:47 AM
My grandfather had a machine ...
Sounds like your grandfather had a Belshaw automatic fryer.
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We had one of those too.
In theory it was but his was about 3x4, wheeled and had glass around it. Sat in the customer area by a window.
That was in the early 60's.
Can't  imagine that happening now.

The First 70 years of childhood is always the hardest.

Raider Bill

Made them this morning using the same recipe and dropper.
As Jim mentioned very light, almost a diet donut :D.
There is a learning curve in the dropper lol By the time I got it right I ran out of battery lol.


 

 

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Raider Bill

All donuts seem to have disappeared 😅
Had the last 2 with coffee this morning.
Guess it's time to make the donuts.
The First 70 years of childhood is always the hardest.

sawguy21

old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

kantuckid

Quote from: mike_belben on December 12, 2020, 03:24:35 AM
I cant say no to a doughnut or 3.  Fortunately TN does not have a DD on every corner like massachusetts.
They do in Knoxville, TN! Doughnuts everywhere there. My GD's all wear Pop's Doughnuts, Duck's Doughnuts,  T-shirts and be glad your in no doughnut land I guess? 
Not like they're good for ya. 
Back when our son's were young we got one of those Fry Daddy fryers popular then and would cut a hole in "whack-a-moe" canned biscuits which make a donut in a hurry.
 
For the record, I like yeast doughnuts, not cake type. But many years ago when in Woolworth's I'd stare at the doughnut machine as they circled the fry grease, got flipped then circled some more. 
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SwampDonkey

Throw in some molasses ones and I'm there. :D We can't get molasses donuts anywhere up here, but...........a bakery in Sussex sells them exclusively to Maine stores. Hmmm taz-smiley

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Ricker

There you go swampy.  My grandfather kicked me out of the kitchen more than once after a half dozen hot, fresh molasses doughnuts disappeared in a hurry.  What I would give to have just one more batch of his doughnuts.

sharp edge

Bill yours came out great compared to the ones I made, but they didn't last long ... the dog thought they were great. :)


SE
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kantuckid

Since we have several "molasses" addicts onboard I'll throw this out- in my area we have a Morgan Co. Sorghum Festival and several producers in my county and one nearby who's a big commercial producer. Most use a roller mill to remove the sap, a green watery fluid that boils @ ~ 8-1 ratio to become syrup.
He, Danny Townsend, uses a steam boiler to evaporate his sap and is also a seed source for other sorghum grower, syrup producers. It's is a very thick milder and more delicate flavor than dark molasses (from sugar cane) or cane sorghum , also from sugar cane as seen from the deep south. I have also seen several cane sorghum operations in Mexico where they also distill liquors from it and cane molasses.
The local old time versions of evap pans are same as used for maple syrup- large shallow sheet metal pan with partial dividrs to slow the liquid as it passes down through the heat.
I'm not promoting him but I do know the man well. Take a look at his products as not so common a product to many on this forum. He also is a large truck garden farmer who raises tomatoes, peppers, beans and other veggies in large commercial amounts. He keeps mules as pets, not workers.
Google: www.townsendssorghummill.com  
Just down the road from Danny is Evan Williams whose well into his 80's and still farms, logs, tobacco, strawberries- roadside sales and produces sorghum at a roadside stand.
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Raider Bill

Quote from: sharp edge on January 06, 2021, 09:19:24 PM
Bill yours came out great compared to the ones I made, but they didn't last long ... the dog thought they were great. :)


SE
You need a shorter dog. :D

Now tell me about these molasses donuts. Are they like fry cakes but with molasses ?
The First 70 years of childhood is always the hardest.

SwampDonkey

"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

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SwampDonkey

Here is grandmother's sister's recipe. From same town as that shop above. Great cook. ;)

Molasses Donut
+++++++++++
1/2 Cup molasses
1/2 Cup white sugar
3 Cups flour, maybe a bit more depending on dryness of dough

1 tsp each: ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, soda, salt vanilla
3 tsp baking powder

2 eggs
3/4 Cup buttermilk
1/4 cream
"No amount of belief makes something a fact." James Randi

1 Thessalonians 5:21

2020 Polaris Ranger 570 to forward firewood, Husqvarna 555 XT Pro, Stihl FS560 clearing saw and continuously thinning my ground, on the side. Grow them trees. (((o)))

Raider Bill

Quote from: SwampDonkey on January 07, 2021, 09:13:59 AM
Here is grandmother's sister's recipe. From same town as that shop above. Great cook. ;)

Molasses Donut
+++++++++++
1/2 Cup molasses
1/2 Cup white sugar
3 Cups flour, maybe a bit more depending on dryness of dough

1 tsp each: ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon, soda, salt vanilla
3 tsp baking powder

2 eggs
3/4 Cup buttermilk
1/4 cream
Deep fry them?
The First 70 years of childhood is always the hardest.

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