There was a tasty little item in today's Tasting Table NYC Newsletter:
Who said it's impossible to make a healthy doughnut that tastes as good as the real (fried) thing? We did--and were then proven wrong.
BabyCakes NYC founder Erin McKenna, who's already demonstrated that dairy- and gluten-free sweets can indeed be delicious, has created a non-fried vegan doughnut that rivals its fattier counterparts.
While crafting recipes for her new cookbook, McKenna challenged herself to master a gluten-free, soy-free, agave-sweetened doughnut that has the same cakey consistency we love.
Using texture as her guide, she created a base recipe that can be adapted to all manner of flavors. She was so pleased with the results that she's permanently adding a rotating array of doughnuts ($3 to $3.50) to the bakery's menu, including maple-glazed, raspberry-glazed, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar and lemon-coconut, as well as a chocolate-dipped variety that is so dead-on in its sinfully rich texture that BabyCakes's daily stock often disappears before noon.
BabyCakes NYC, 248 Broome St. (between Orchard and Ludlow sts.); 212-677-5047 or babycakesnyc.com. Photograph by Hamish Robertson.
I just tried a coconut donut today and must say, Doughnut Plant around the corner better watch their back! Twas delicious. Congrats and thank you for bringing us this terribly yummy treat.
I hope the recipe for the doughnuts is in the next Babycakes cookbook!
I was surprised with some Babycakes donuts the other night and they were awesome!!! I haven't had a donut in years!! Thank you!