Raised donuts are only donuts by analogy. Real donuts are made from batter.

There used to be a donut shop in the U District in Seattle back when I was in college ("university" if you're a Brit). It was tucked in a tiny space in between two storefronts, maybe 8 feet wide at most -- the back counter, where the equipment and stuff was, then the bar, then the stools, then the walkway. Maybe 2' wide tops, each.

I would go in there in the mornings and buy two still-warm donuts, and a little carton of milk. The stools were all full of old men in working clothes. I got the donuts in a bag, and ate them on my way to my first class. By the time I ate the first one, the grease from the second one had made the bag transparent where it touched. No powdered sugar, no cinnamon, no glaze, no jelly, no artificial maple frosting. Just donuts as God intended them. (or as Darwin intended them, if you're an atheist)