A couple of sunny Saturdays ago, Spencer and I took the entire day off (lately, a rarity for us) and played tourists in our own downtown Seattle. One of our favorite special treats of the day was savoring something as simple as a Top Pot Doughnut while sitting outside the stylish store in Belltown.

Here’s my sweet treat, all pretty in pink (icing) and topped with fluffy coconut. The cake part reminded me of “crullers”–handmade German-style doughnuts–we used to get from the Amish farmers of Lancaster County at our local farmers’ market in suburban Philadelphia when I was a girl.

Poof–and it was gone!