The correct answer is option letter C (The American doughnut shape was a solution to the soggy middle of fried cakes). The paragraph three of the excerpt from “Doughnuts – A Dessert Tradition” narrates how Hanson Gregory solved the soggy cake problem. The paragraph is about how Gregory, a sea captain from Maine, decided to cut out the center of the cake and it turned out to be the solution to eliminate the dessert’s soggy center and the redefinition of the shape of the pastry (the American doughnut shape).