Question: what is the difference between cake and raised donuts?
Answer: A cake donut is made with a sweetened dough that's leavened with the help of baking powder, and is extruded into oil to cook. ... Yeast, aka raised (because the dough is raised) donuts, are your classic glazed donut ― the kind you get from Krispy Kreme. A yeast donut is made with a yeast dough.