# Donuts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donuts/608499>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2012, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donuts/608499 "2012-01-05T13:25:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Page:** 4

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**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\
**Post date:** [January 9, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donuts/608499/61 "2012-01-09T23:47:26Z")

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> [@ShibbOleth](#):
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> This begs the question: Was the first donut a cake or raised donut? And was it spelled donut or doughnut?

According to [Doughnut - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doughnut#Possible_origins) the original spelling was definitely “doughnut,” but the origin is debated.

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