a ring-shaped cake made from sweetened dough and then fried
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cronut
cronut
/kɹɑːnʌt/
noun
*** a ring-shaped fried pastry made from croissant dough
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berliner
berliner
/bɝˈɫaɪnɝ/, /bɝˈɫɪnɝ/
noun
*** a German doughnut with no central hole, made from sweet yeast dough fried in fat or oil, with a marmalade or jam filling like a jelly doughnut, and usually icing, powdered sugar or conventional sugar on top
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ring donut
ring donut
/ɹɪŋ doʊnʌt/
noun
*** A doughnut with a hole in the middle, formed in the shape of a ring
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filled donut
filled donut
/fɪld doʊnʌt/
noun
*** injected with fruit preserves (the jelly doughnut), cream, custard, or other sweet fillings
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donut hole
donut hole
/doʊnʌt hoʊl/
noun
*** Small pieces of dough are sometimes cooked as doughnut holes
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fritter
fritter
/ˈfɹɪtɝ/
noun
a piece of food that is coated in batter and deep-fried
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dutchie
dutchie
/dʌtʃi/
noun
*** a square, yeast-lifted doughnut containing raisins that is coated with a sugary glaze
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mochi donut
mochi donut
/mɑːtʃaɪ doʊnʌt/
noun
*** a fusion pastry crossing traditional American doughnuts and Japanese mochi
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long john
long john
/lɑːŋ dʒɑːn/
noun
*** a bar-shaped, yeast risen pastry like a doughnut either coated entirely with glaze or top-coated with cake icing. They may be filled with custard or creme
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cruller
cruller
/kɹˈʌlɚ/
noun
small friedcake formed into twisted strips and fried; richer than doughnuts
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beignet
beignet
/bˈeɪnɪt/
noun
a deep-fried, yeast-raised doughnut dusted with confectioners' sugar
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gulab jamun
gulab jamun
/ɡjˈʊlæb dʒˈæmʌn/
noun
a sweet dish widely popular in the Indian subcontinent consisting of fried paneer that is boiled in a liquid that consists rose water
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jalebi
jalebi
/dʒeɪlbaɪ/
noun
*** made by deep-frying maida flour (plain flour or all-purpose flour) batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup
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tulumba
tulumba
/tuːlʌmbə/
noun
*** a fried batter soaked in syrup, similar to jalebis and churros
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churro
churro
/tʃɜːɹoʊ/
noun
*** a type of fried dough from Spanish and Portuguese cuisine
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brown bobby
brown bobby
/bɹaʊn bɑːbi/
noun
*** a triangular doughnut. It is baked in a Brown Bobby machine, which resembles and is operated similarly to a waffle iron
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Boston cream donut
Boston cream donut
/bɔstən kɹiːm doʊnʌt/
noun
*** a round, solid, yeast-risen doughnut with chocolate frosting and a custard filling, resulting in a doughnut reminiscent of a miniature Boston cream pie
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sinker
sinker
/ˈsɪŋkɝ/
noun
a small ring-shaped friedcake
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koeksister
koeksister
/koʊksɪstɚ/
noun
*** a sweet food similar to a doughnut made of plaited dough, deep-fried and covered in sugar syrup