Down the cakehole: gourmet doughnuts

Fresh from America, gourmet doughnuts have landed in London's restaurants. But we're not talking jam fillings or sickly sweet glazes.

Pizza's East head chef, Jon Pollard, says his hot cinnamon sugar doughnuts (£6,pizzaeast.com) are in huge demand - "Ours are quite particular, made using gluten flour and hollower, with lots of flavour in the crust."

At his new eatery, Nopi, Yotam Ottolenghi's moreish churros are served with hot chocolate and an intriguing, delicious fennel seed sugar for dipping (£6.50, nopi-restaurant.com), while over at Fulham's Michelin-starred Harwood Arms, you'll find fluffy vanilla doughnuts topped with whipped cream and lemon curd (£8, harwoodarms.com).

Finally, for those on the go, any of the enticing homemade varieties from Camden Lock's Doughnut Cart should sort you out.