A sufganiyah (Hebrew: סופגנייה; plural, sufganiyot: סופגנייות) is a ball-shaped doughnut that's first fried, pierced and injected with jelly or custard, and then topped with powdered sugar, similar to the German berliner or Polish pączki. In Yiddish, they're known as ponchkes. They are usually eaten warm. The Hebrew word sufganiyah derives from the Hebrew word for sponge… (More on Sufganiyah)