Donuts with attitude

By Kacey Heinlein

Donut Divas opened its doors in Gas City Feb. 11 to welcome fans of sugary treats with lots of

attitude, according to owners Linda Sparks and Sierra Pfaff. The mother-daughter business duo starting preparing to open the store in November.

"We're a southern family, so we love to cook, but we got this idea from a relative's wedding," Pfaff said. Inspired by the goodies they saw there, the ideas started flowing. "We thought, you know, we can do that, so we thought, 'Let's try it.'"

"They're not your normal donuts," Pfaff said. "You can't get them just anywhere. They're little divas themselves."

The shop offers a variety of choices but also specialized treats which only appear occasionally. On Valentine's Day, they offered chocolate-covered strawberries and specially-decorated donuts. They plan to offer flavors of the month and special seasonal and holiday varieties, as well.

"We're starting to do donut cake pops. Pfaff said. "We haven't actually rolled them out yet, but they're coming." Pfaff said.

Overall, the response from the community has been positive. "Gas City has been very welcoming," Pfaff said. "We're involved with the chamber here, and they've gone out of their way to help make us successful, which is wonderful."

Pfaff included they've already had visitors from Taylor.

"We've had a lot of Taylor students, which we appreciate. We have a group of girls who come in on the way to their practicum on Saturdays. We have a lot of Taylor faculty that come by, too, and they're always welcome." Pfaff said.

Even in the present economy, good things have happened for the donut-making duo.

"We took a couple of years to think if this was something we wanted to do or not, but we decided in November to go ahead and go through with it," Pfaff said. "When we started . . . we said we'll go as far as God takes us. If God closes the door, it's not meant to be . . . and God provided doors for us to walk through."