The Old Fashion is the donut that cake donut fans argue about. Dense where a raised donut is airy, with a tight, tender crumb and those distinctive craggy ridges that crisp up in the fryer and hold the glaze in all the right places, it’s a completely different animal, and the people who love it won’t settle for anything else.
At Pan Bagels, our Old Fashion is made from scratch every morning at our Rancho Cordova bakery. We use a cake-style dough, no yeast, no proofing, mixed just enough to keep the crumb tight and fry it at the temperature where the exterior caramelizes rather than just browns. The result is a donut with real texture: a slight resistance on the outside, a soft, dense pull on the inside, and a glaze that grips the craggy surface and sets into something closer to a thin shell than a coating.
It’s richer than a raised donut. More substantial. The kind of thing that actually holds up alongside a strong cup of coffee without disappearing in two bites.
At $2.99, the Old Fashion is one of our most popular morning items, and one of the best expressions of what scratch-made means at Pan Bagels. No shortcuts on the dough, no shortcuts on the fry.
Find it fresh daily at Pan Bagels, 4022 Sunrise Blvd Suite 110, Rancho Cordova, CA. Order ahead on DoorDash or come in; we open early.
