Elmira Donuts & Deli

Bakery: Elmira Donuts & Deli
Address: 22 Church St W, Elmira ON
Website: n/a
Style: Canadian
Price: $-$$

Finally, the Cake Tour is picking up speed again! Elmira Donuts and Deli is, essentially, the bakery in town, though it's more of a diner serving breakfast and lunch (eggs, sandwiches) and an old-school coffee and doughnut place than a real bakery. However, in addition to the doughnuts in the name, they also have pies, which is, if I remember correctly, more or less the extent of their baked goods. Nonetheless, everything is very home-style: simple, but already looking like it'll taste good. ;)

 The doughnuts were no exception to this; they sell all the classic flavours including, in the picture, apple fritters, dutchies, cherry (forgot the full name), and jelly-filled, blueberry in this case. Sold soft and fresh, these were nicely glazed and well-fried, though the apple fritters were the best done of the bunch and certainly my personal favourite: a hint of spice, pieces of apple. Yummy. With its fluffy dough filled with plump raisins, the dutchie came in at a close second. The only cake doughnut of the bunch, the cherry doughnut, was also fairly tasty, especially considering I'm not the biggest fan of cake doughnuts. Good outside crunch, not too dense on the outside.

The verdict: a classic doughnut stop done right. Now, to try their pies, which look equally delicious!

Rating: ***