The top layer is coated with a sprinkling of powdered sugar.
Powdered sugar is added gradually as the mixture thickens, giving rise to a grayish brown color.
Take with that the yolk of an egg and a spoonful of pot sugar or powdered sugar.
One using powdered sugar and the other one using jaggery.
Crullers may be topped with plain powdered sugar; powdered sugar mixed with cinnamon; or icing.
Some variations are dusted with powdered sugar, though that is not a traditional ingredient.
The marzipan overlay is usually green, sprinkled with powdered sugar, and often decorated with a pink marzipan rose.
Unlike most doughnuts, beignets are squared pieces of dough with no hole in the middle, fried and most often covered with powdered sugar.