Black bun

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A black bun cut open, showing fruit cake interior.
A black bun cut open, showing fruit cake interior.

Black bun is a type of fruit cake completely covered with pastry. It is Scottish in origin, originally eaten on Twelfth Night but now enjoyed at Hogmanay.

The cake mixture typically contains raisins, currants, almonds, citrus peel, allspice, ginger, cinnamon and pepper.

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