My cooking career started in the morning as a breakfast man. It was followed by a stint at pastry, only then getting the opportunity to be a full time chef. But today, it's baking that makes me most happy. And baking for breakfast brings me full swing back to early days. Fried cakes, particularily doughnuts are a favorite.
Whether it's jelly filled Berliners or glazed doughnuts, I love them all. Particularly cider donuts, which are cake-like, using baking powder and reduced apple cider. Recently, lacking all the ingredients for my standard Army recipe donuts, I Googled for a recipe, finding something good on smittenkitchens blog. My only adaption was not frying them Crisco. Anyway, here they are - and next time, I'll try blueberry. Enjoy these photos for now.
Used Canola oil to fry, opposed to the shortening or hydrogenated oil, as it's not as healthy! Cider does give a background flavor,along with the spices and cinnamon sugar. Yes they are yummy!
Posted by: Jeremy | June 07, 2011 at 06:03 PM