{"id":46021,"date":"2025-11-10T04:08:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/46021\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T04:08:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T04:08:08","slug":"smiths-bakeries-celebrates-80-years-of-serving-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/46021\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith’s Bakeries celebrates 80 years of serving the community"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smith’s Bakeries is marking a significant milestone on National Donut Day, celebrating 80 years of serving sweet treats to the community. The bakery, known for its delicious donuts, champagne cake, and smiley face sugar cookie has been a staple in the area since Jim Balmain took over the business from his father. “I started when I was eight years old. It’s been a fun ride,” Balmain said.<\/p>\n

The bakery opens at 6 a.m. and is bustling with activity, especially on Fridays, its busiest day. “Monday through Wednesday is not really all that busy,” Balmain noted, adding that they make about 30 to 40 dozen donuts daily.<\/p>\n

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Jim Balmain’s favorite donut is the chocolate donut. The bakery offers a variety of donuts, including cake donuts and raised donuts. “Donuts that are raised donuts, they rise up, they proof up. They have yeast in them,” Balmain explained. In contrast, cake donuts are made without yeast and are fried directly after mixing.<\/p>\n

Smith’s Bakeries<\/a> long-standing history and commitment to quality continue to draw customers. “History speaks for itself, eighty years, that says it all,” Balmain said. <\/p>\n

As the bakery celebrates this milestone, it remains a beloved destination for those who want treat their sweet tooth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Smith’s Bakeries is marking a significant milestone on National Donut Day, celebrating 80 years of serving sweet treats…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46022,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-46021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46021\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}