Krispy Kreme Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut Nutrition Facts

Nutrition facts and Weight Watchers points for Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut from Krispy Kreme.

Krispy Kreme Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut Calories

There are 300 calories in Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut.

Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut Nutrition Facts

*All percent daily value figures are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional information source: Krispy Kreme

Krispy Kreme Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut Allergens

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Krispy Kreme Glazed Blueberry Cake Doughnut Ingredients

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What is the difference between a cake donut and an old-fashioned donut?

Cake doughnuts, lacking that honeycomb structure of big yeast bubbles, are often (but not always) smaller, with a puckered little hole. A subset, the old-fashioned doughnut, always has a cracked, craggy surface, and in the most classic versions the sides splay out like the petals of a flower.

Are Krispy Kreme cake donuts fried?

Like most doughnuts, Krispy Kremes are fried (cooked in oil). Frying cooks the dough rapidly from the outside in to give the doughnuts their distinctive crispy texture. The flipper turns the doughnuts over midway through the oil.

How are cake donuts different?

The Obvious Difference

Yeast doughnuts, as the name clearly spells out, are made from dough leavened with yeast (think brioche), whereas cake doughnuts are traditionally made from a kind of cake batter that uses a chemical leavener (i.e. baking powder or baking soda).

What is Krispy Kreme cake batter donut?

Krispy Kreme’s Birthday Cake Batter Donut is a yeast shell donut filled with a blend of Kreme and birthday cake batter filling, topped with yellow icing and confetti sprinkles. I bought one for $1.19. The filling is a nice blend of sweet, creamy, and egginess.

Why are they called cake donuts?

Cake doughnuts, so named for their cakey taste and texture, are leavened with baking soda and baking powder, whereas yeast doughnuts are leavened with, you guessed it, yeast.

Is a glazed donut a cake donut?

Cake donuts include apple cider donuts, chocolate cake donuts with glaze, and those crunchy, old fashioned donuts that are sometimes glazed and sometimes not. Yeast, aka raised (because the dough is raised) donuts, are your classic glazed donut ― the kind you get from Krispy Kreme.

Is a cake donut fried?

Cake doughnuts can be either baked or fried, though with some limitations. Looser batters need to be piped (either directly into hot oil or onto a piece of parchment, frozen, and fried later) if they are going to be fried; otherwise, they must be baked in molds.

Are cake donuts better for you?

A cake donut is lower in fat, calories and sugar than a donut bursting with sugary fruit filling or glazed with a thick layer of chocolate, but they aren’t nutritious. Donuts don’t supply essential nutrients, such as calcium, iron and vitamin C, to offset their unhealthy components.