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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
To me Bismark is a custard or chocolate filled powdered sugar covered pastry. I've had guys in the service tell me "that's a not a Bismark that's a Berliner."
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What you're describing is a Berliner. We tend to think of them as jelly doughnuts here because that's what's typically available as fillings go. The Bismarck is a custard or Bavarian creme filled doughnut topped with chocolate. A lot of people get the two mixed up and use the terms interchangeably. I personally don't like to, as a Bismarck is one of my favorite doughnuts. Yum. I don't care if it's custard or creme filled. I'll eat both.
I love doughnuts in general. My favorites are the Bismarck, the Berliner, apple fritters, and maple bars. My great-great-grandfather was a baker in NW Washington state in the late 19th-early 20th century, and introduced the maple bar to bakeries there after emigrating from Minnesota.
Might have to go get a box of doughnuts.