Bakery doesn’t cut corners with new doughnuts

There is goodness in the world. And it’s all over campus.

The university bakery has started making doughnuts, and they can be found at all dining services locations. I got a traditional doughnut this afternoon from the Hub Bakery, and lemme tell you…

This is the best doughnut I have ever tasted. Nothing will ever top it.

When they handed it to me, I could feel through the paper bag that it was still warm. You know when you touch the glaze on an old doughnut, and it just cracks because it’s crystallized? This did not happen here.

There are many things that can go wrong in a doughnut. I’ve been disappointed all too often. Sometimes the cake is too dry and crumbly. It can be too light — in cake doughnuts, I look for weightiness and density. It should also be sweet, but the sweetness should be dynamic — not straight sugar. I’ve seen people put plain yogurt or lime juice in their doughnuts in order to attain that elusive balance. Many have failed.

I knew when I broke the doughnut in half that it was going to be good. The surface of the cake had an even texture — the air pockets weren’t too big. I could also tell it was dense — a palm-sized, 68-cent delicacy, but weighty nonetheless.

It was sweet, but not sugary. It’s not the buzz you get when you’re in sixth grade when your teacher randomly brings sweets on test day. It’s more adult. There’s something to it that children probably couldn’t appreciate.

This is the doughnut I’ve been waiting for my whole life. It’s sad to think, but most of the doughnuts I’ve tried have left me disappointed and hurt — those sugar-headaches are no joke. At least once in your college career, you should experience these doughnuts.

There might be nothing magical the bakery does to make their doughnuts so good. Perhaps it’s something they’re NOT doing — with this sweet, circular pastry, they’re not cutting corners.

— Brenna Kelly is a sophomore majoring in journalism. Tell her about good food that she can review @bckelly8 or brennakelly818@gmail.com. She lives for this stuff.