Donut cried out to be covered in fudge (9)

'donut' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'cried out to be covered in fudge' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'to be covered in' indicates putting letters inside.
'fudge' becomes 'fake' (synonyms).
'cried' with letters rearranged gives 'riedc'.
'riedc' put within 'fake' is 'FRIEDCAKE'.

Can you help me to learn more?