Everybody Loves a Doughnut

Doughnut Canvas Print from Modern Canvas Art

A doughnut or donut (as it is spelt in the US) is a fried dough food and is universally popular. They are usually sweet and deep-fried from a flour dough, shaped in rings or flattened spheres that sometimes contain fillings. Other types of dough such as potato can also be used as well as other batters. Various toppings and flavorings are used for different types of “filled” doughnuts. I would have to say that the Krispy Kreme doughnuts are my favourite but if you eat too many then you will certainly pile on the pounds.

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the record for doughnut eating is held by a man named John Haight, who consumed 52 ounces of donuts (about 26 average doughnuts) in just over six minutes in 1981. Just plain crazy, some people.

The largest doughnut ever made was an American-style “jelly” doughnut which weighed 1.7 tonnes and measured 4.9 m (16 ft) in diameter and was 40.6cm (16in) high in the centre. It was made in Utica, New York, USA on January 21, 1993. No doubt John Haight scoffed it when nobody was looking.

At Modern Canvas Art we are partial to the odd doughnut during breaks from producing our pop art prints and canvas paintings. To celebrate the doughnut, we created this Doughnut Canvas Print which we think is quite funky and would look great in a kitchen or children’s bedroom.  Take a look at Modern Canvas Art and check out our fantastic canvas prints. Oh – and take a look at one of our Banksy canvas prints featuring – yes – a doughnut.