Jelly doughnuts are traditionally a yeast doughnut without a hole in the middle, as the fruit-filling gets piped into the center.
Jelly Doughnut
These classic doughnuts are typically round without a hole in the middle, and generally leavened with yeast.
So what makes the two types of doughnuts different beyond their humble beginnings? It's mainly the leavening agent. Cake doughnuts, so named for their cakey taste and texture, are leavened with baking soda and baking powder, whereas yeast doughnuts are leavened with, you guessed it, yeast.
The old-fashioned doughnut is a term used for a variety of cake doughnut prepared in the shape of a ring with a cracked surface and tapered edges around it. Nineteenth century recipes for "old-fashioned donuts" are made with yeast, but in modern doughnut shops an "old-fashioned doughnut" is usually a cake doughnut.
Lokma is a pastry shop that specializes in mini Turkish cream donuts. Unlike your average donut, these Lokmas are filled with a pastry cream and topped with chocolate, fruit and more.
Donut is an alternate spelling of doughnut. Some dictionaries point out that donut is rarely used outside the United States. All of them recognize doughnut as the main spelling, as do some of the more popular style guides. Doughnut might be the spelling you should use if you want to be sure you're not making a mistake.
People in the United States might call them “Munchkins” because that is what Dunkin Donuts decided to call them.
Long John Donut
Long john donuts are rectangular-shaped (oblong) donuts that are typically filled with cream, pudding, custard, or jelly. These donuts are often coated in a chocolate or vanilla glaze.
If doughnuts are your usual morning fare, a slice of whole-grain toast topped with cinnamon might satisfy your craving. Don't butter the toast, just sprinkle it lightly with quality cinnamon. A slice of whole-grain toast has only 70 calories, and the cinnamon adds negligible amounts.
If you're eating a jelly- or a cream-filled doughnut, you are eating a yeast doughnut. Of course, the pinnacle of the yeast doughnut variety is the Original Glazed made by Krispy Kreme (more below). Cake doughnuts, on the other hand, are denser—dare we say, cakier—and better for dunking in your coffee.
Sugar Donut - Part of the McCafé® Range.
A doughnut is a deep-fried piece of enriched dough, traditionally (but not always) sweet and traditionally (but not always) ring-shaped. Once fried, that dough is often then finished with sugar, frosting, or glaze; or filled with cream, jelly, or another sweet element.
A wonut, doffle, wownut, waffle-donut or waffle nut is a hybrid food made from a combination of the cooking techniques and ingredients of a waffle and a doughnut.
Forbidden Doughnuts
(aka Iced Pumpkin Cake Donuts, inspired by King Arthur Flour) Makes 12 to 18, depending on the size of your donut pans. 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree. 1 cup sugar. 3 eggs.
A doughnut layered with chocolate icing surrounding a smooth marshmallow center and sprinkled with a crunch biscuit crumb Strawberry Cheesecake Puddle Doughnut.
One shape that shows up often enough to merit special consideration is the ring-shaped figure known as a torus. We see this shape in the surface of a doughnut or a bagel, and the surface of a life preserver or a Life Saver candy.
A ring torus is sometimes colloquially referred to as a donut or doughnut.
~The Dunkaroo~ is a brioche doughnut topped with homemade Dunkaroos glaze and cinnamon graham cookie crumb.
So which spelling is correct: doughnut or donut? Well, both are actually fine to use in Australian English. While the spelling 'donut' has typically been regarded as an American spelling, it was made popular in Australia through advertising.
Grey and gray are two different spellings of the same word. Gray is more common in the U.S., while grey is more common in other English-speaking countries. In proper names—like Earl Grey tea and the unit Gray, among others—the spelling stays the same, and they need to be memorized.
Gray and grey are both common spellings of the color between black and white. Gray is more frequent in American English, whereas grey is more common in British English. The varying usage of both grey and gray extends to specialized terms such as animal species (gray/grey whale) and scientific terms (gray/grey matter).
But with due deference to both, we can't resist the uniquely Cambodian doughnuts sold at street stalls. Known as Noum Kong, they are crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside, with an almost mochi-like texture thanks to the sticky rice flour that is their main ingredient.
A pillow-soft doughnut twist covered in a sugar glaze. A small step for the dessert world, a big step for mankind, and the extraordinary taste of the Greggs Yum Yum is powerful enough to change the world.
lokma (plural lokmas) A pastry made of fried dough soaked in sugar syrup or honey and cinnamon, typically shaped into a ring or ball. ( used especially of the Turkish variant of this pastry)