Lois’s answer to “Hi, my turn to ask a question so food. Can you remember what an "Oil Cake" is supposed to be ? …” > Likes and Comments

I pictured it similar to a South African thing called vetkoek ("fat cake"), which is fried dough. http://www.nigella.com/recipes/view/v...

The original Dutch name for a doughnut was "olycoke", which literally means "oil cake".