Sweet Giveaway: Win a Copy of Doughnuts by Lara Ferroni!

So, anyone who writes and photographs a doughnut recipe book--oh, Doughnuts: Simple and Delicious Recipes to Make at Home, from Sasquatch Books, for instance--is pretty much tops in my book.

But really, as awesome as you might figure such a person to be, author/photographer/doughnut maker Lara Ferroni is even better.

From the day I learned she was working on this project, I couldn't stop myself from constantly saying things like "Doughnut Stop Believing!" or "Just Donut!" whenever I saw her. And--bless her--she never got terse with me or punched me or anything.

And now the book's out! And it's full of amazing doughnut lore, factoids, recipes and mouthwatering photos. Which one to try first--a classic raised doughnut? Or perhaps something more exotic, like a Margarita, Red Velvet, or S'mores Doughnut? Here, preview it all in the promo video:

Well, one lucky reader can choose their own doughnut adventure, because I've got a copy to give away!

How do you put yourself in the running? Simply weigh in on this holey issue in the comments section below:

Doughnuts: Yeast or Cake?

US and Canadian entrants only, please. This giveaway will close one week from today, on Tuesday, October 19th at 12pm PST!

Update on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 by Cakespy

P.S. - This giveaway is going on tour! Check out additional giveaways of the sweet book all over the web in the next couple of weeks:

Oct 13—Wasabi Prime

Oct 17—The Sophisticated Gourmet            

Oct 21—Cannelle & Vanille    

Oct 25—Cream Puffs in Venice 

Update on Tuesday, October 19, 2010 by Cakespy

Totally sweet! We have a winner! Chosen at random, it's Mandy, who says: 

For me, it's cake. For my niece who is following my baking example, she chooses doughnuts for everything! Doughnuts over birthday cake even.

Comments

[Holly Schwartz]

It's a toss-up.....but yeast would be my first choice!! Yummy!!

[Ladytink_534]

I'm going to have to go with yeast.

[Theresa]

The best donuts where I live are yeast donuts, made by the last independent donut shop in town.

Theresa

[Ploplop]

Yeast! So yummy! (I am French but I henceforth live in Montreal, so I can participate! Youpi!)

[Adriana]

Cake doughnuts! Though I love yeast ones too.

[faithhopeluv4u]

Yeast, they're light, airy and melt in your mouth!

[kmackstress]

My Mom's home-made donuts made me a cake enthusiast in my youth but Krispy Kreme introduced me to the yeast donut in college. It's still difficult to decide, especially when I go to Donut Plant in NYC. But I've have to say that there's just nothing to compare to a well-made fluffy cake donut to dunk into my coffee!

[Shirley]

I Love cake doughnuts.

[deede]

Yeast if it's a cinnamon-sugar; cake if it's an apple-spice.
In Arkansas we have Shipley Do-nuts (that's how it's written), and they are right on my way to work.
Yummy!

[Lisa Garnett]

I love yeast!

[Natasha]

Cake donuts all the way!

[Diane]

Cake...but it was a tough decision!

[Gabby]

Yeast!

[jennifer b]

Yeast! Oh how I love them warm!!

[Dianne Chadwick]

I am loving on the CAKE, CAKE, CAKE!!!

[Virginia]

I have to go with the cake - old fashioned buttermilk kind. Used to be able to have two each morning when I was young and in chef's school. Fresh out of the oil. YUM!

[Melissa]

yeast!!! I love yeasty things.And I'd say donuts are my favorite thing in the world!

[Megan]

Cake with Pink Frosting :D

[Kay Chung]

Cake all the way! With a sweet glaze!!

[Julie]

yeast

[Janelle]

Yeast!

[Vanessa]

Do I have to choose?! Team Cake....pumpkin spice with frosting. Team Yeast (sounds sooo wrong)....chocolate glaze. Both Teams have equally tempting players. Isn't that why we have two hands?

[darcy]

Usually cake. Although, as a vegan, cake donuts are so much easier to find, so when you find a yeasted one (like they have at Mighty-O in the mornings but then always sell out of), its rareness makes it sorta extra delicious.

[Dorothea]

Yeast doughnuts make the world go round! (Some of the best yeast doughnuts ever were purchased from a small doughnut shop in Okinawa, Japan -- we'd send someone out on a doughnut run every morning . . . they were so fresh they literally melted in your mouth -- you had to eat two just to get the taste to linger!)

[Sarah]

Definitely yeast.