Which Has More Calories Cake Donuts Or Glazed Donuts?
glazed doughnut :
- Plain/Cake Donut. Dunkin Cake Donut: 310 …
- Sugar Donut. Dunkin Sugar Donut: 210 Calories. …
- Glazed Donut. Dunkin Glazed Donut: 240 Calories. …
- Glazed Chocolate Donut. Dunkin Glazed Chocolate …
- Frosted or Iced Donut. Dunkin Frosted Donut: 270 …
- Powdered Sugar Donut. Dunkin Powdered Sugar …
- Coffee Roll / Cinnamon Roll. Dunkin Coffee Roll: …
- Boston Kreme Donut. Dunkin Boston Kreme …
- Eclair / Custard Filled Donut. Dunkin Eclair: 370 …
- Jelly Filled Donut. Dunkin Jelly Donut: 250 …
Not all glazed doughnuts are created equal. Yeast doughnuts are made from a yeast dough that rises, so they’re taller and fluffier than other types. Cake doughnuts use baking powder as a leavening agent and have a denser texture. Meanwhile, old fashioned doughnuts have a cake-like texture that’s often bumpy and crispy on the outside.
When looking at the donut calories guide above, it probably seems very strange that a plain donut has 100 more calories than a sugar donut. I mean, adding sugar should add more calories, right?
When we do a quick search, we find that Dunkin’s glazed donut has 240 calories and Krispy Kreme has 190 calories. There’s a bit of a difference here, but not much! I simply use the average of the two to estimate my donut calories at local spots. In this case, I’d count the glazed donut as having 215 calories.
Homemade is always better, and you can minimize your calorie count by whipping up a batch of old fashioned cake doughnuts in your own kitchen. The traditional cake doughnuts at Dunkin and Krispy Kreme both have about 290 calories.