Giada De Laurentiis made these lemon-scented, coffee-glazed Italian doughnuts on an episode where she hosted a bridal shower, and indeed they are the perfect sweet treat to round out a chic social gathering. After all, who can resist fried dough? Gussy them up with an aromatic coffee glaze and you have an elegant dessert no one can resist.You can find the recipe here. My substitutions:I couldn’t find espresso powder at the local grocery store, and I didn’t have time to make it to an Italian bakery, so I used regular instant coffee granules. The recipe calls for vegetable oil, so I used canola oil. I’m still not 100 per cent convinced that was the right choice, so I will experiment with another oil next time. Which leads me to… Would I make this again?Yes I would, however, I would take it more slowly to ensure a more consistent size […]
Mary Nersessian Sagharian is a Toronto-based journalist who works as a news producer at CTVnews.ca. She has worked at The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star as a print journalist and her work has also appeared in the Quill & Quire, Wish magazine, and the Independent newspaper in the U.K. Mary also owns and operates a cupcake topper business with her sister, Frost and Fete, which you can check out at frostandfete.etsy.com. Any views expressed here are her own and do not reflect the policies or positions of her employer CTV.
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