Did Doughnuts Always Have Toppings?

by Necro991

My friend and I have gotten into an argument over whether doughnuts are supposed to have toppings or not. Basically, was there a point in time where doughnuts were just fried dough with nothing else on them, not even powdered sugar?

Thanks!

zoinks_the_miner

Could you clarify? Is this based on the assumption that all doughnuts currently have toppings? Because I'm not certain that assumption is correct. Are you more simply wanting to know the history of donuts?