Where To Find Tasmania’s Best Doughnuts
From the north to the south, here’s where to get your hands on the tastiest rings of dough in lutruwita/Tasmania.
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Kenzo's Kitchen (image: Dearna Bond)
Kneaded, proved, shaped, fried, glazed and dusted: the time and energy that goes into crafting a doughnut is directly proportional to the level of enjoyment it offers (a lot). In Tasmania, bakers from Launceston to Hobart pour in equal quantities of love, serving up some of the very best - and unique - doughnuts this side of an American police drama.
KENZO’S KITCHEN
Juanny Tan’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Cameron Street shop front Kenzo’s Kitchen churns out specialty coffee, baked treats and Launceston’s most beloved milk and honey doughnuts four days a week. Inspired by her Malaysian heritage, Juanny’s doughnuts are reminiscent of the milk breads found in Asian convenience stores, with a soft and fluffy texture that just begs to be bitten into. While Kenzo’s slings plenty of classic doughnut varieties, those eastern influences lend themselves to new favourites waiting to be discovered, too. The Kaya Filled takes coconut jam and spikes it with pandan for a uniquely fragrant internal ooze, and the bright emerald glaze of the Matcha White Chocolate heralds a green tea-spiked crust.
56 Cameron Street, Launceston
Wednesday-Friday 8am-2pm
Saturday 8am-1pm
Kenzo's Kitchen (image: Instagram)
BREAD + BUTTER BAKESHOP
Bread + Butter’s flagship bakery and café on Elizabeth Street is a Launceston institution for its artisanal sourdough and patisserie specialties. Just a short walk and three corners away, Bread + Butter Bakeshop is the enterprise’s go-to for doughnut lovers. True to its moniker, the bakeshop serves up slices of just-baked cakes, creamy Portuguese egg tarts, and a daily selection of sugar-dusted, jam-filled and glazed donuts. Chocolate and strawberry-glazed rings give a nod to the school tuckshop days of yore, while the espresso-glazed doughnut features Single O coffee, and is decidedly more grown-up.
65 Citimiere Street, Launceston
Monday-Saturday 7am-2pm
Bread + Butter Bakeshop (image: Instagram)
QUEEN’S PASTRY
An unassuming A-frame on the corner of Hobart’s Harrington and Melville Streets heralds passersby with critical information: Queen’s Pastry pulls heaving trays from its ovens at 7.30, 8.45 and 10.30 every morning. Lured by the opportunity to make like the French and bite into the flakes of a freshly baked croissant, you’ll also find a slew of donuts on offer. Glazed, filled, or split in half and piped, nostalgia fuel abounds with cinnamon and sprinkles in high rotation, and cups of doughnut holes for the young and young at heart. Fortnightly specials give the Queen’s team and their grateful customers alike the chance to get creative - think Golden Gaytime with caramel custard and a biscuit crumb dunk.
144 Harrington Street, Hobart
Monday-Friday 7am-4pm
Saturday-Sunday 7.30am-2pm
Queen's Pastry (image: Instagram)
LADY HESTER
When Loren and Erin Clarke’s little bricks and mortar patisserie closed, the sound of Hobart’s collective heart breaking was almost audible. Thankfully, the sisters can still be found popping up at southern markets and festivals, under their Lady Hester banner. On Saturday mornings, head to Salamanca Market and join the line for their iconic sourdough doughnuts. A glazed ring or two are usually on the menu, but it’s the filled balls that have made Lady Hester a household name. Fried and dusted with cinnamon sugar, one bite reveals inner treasures like strawberry, rhubarb and orange blossom jam, or bay leaf and caramel custard. Outside of Saturdays, these fried balls of flavour occasionally pop up in other locations, including very popular bake sales from Lady Hester’s suburban premises in Moonah.
Check socials for locations
Lady Hester (image: Instagram)
DONUT 7
Artisanal doughnuts made with fresh and local ingredients are a labour of love for Donut 7’s bakers, who join the daily grind Monday to Friday, and sling rings for fun on the weekends. It’s a side hustle that pays off in spades for the market and festival-goers who get their hands on fluffy, melt-in-the-mouth doughnuts wherever Donut 7 pops up. A long list of flavours ticks off the classics and then ventures into creative indulgence (you’ll find cinnamon and jam sitting pretty alongside lemon custard and biscoff-filled), and every one tastes just as good as it looks. Keep an eye on Donut 7’s socials to chase them on the Saturday and Sunday market circuit, or find their doughnuts in the cabinet at Café Luxe, Cuppa, Red Square Café and Kornet Café during the week.
Check socials for weekend market and festival locations
Donut 7 (image: Instagram)
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