Saffron cake, saffron loaf, tea treat bun, St Lucia bun
Type
Sweet roll or yeasted cake
Place of origin
Cornwall, Netherlands, Sweden
Main ingredients
currants or raisins, saffron, cinnamon or nutmeg
A saffron bun, Cornishtea treat bun or revel bun, is a rich, spiced yeast-leavened sweet bun that is flavoured with saffron and contains dried fruit including currants and raisins similar to a teacake. The main ingredients are plain flour, butter, yeast, caster sugar, currants and sultanas.[1] Larger versions baked in a loaf tin are known as saffron cake.
Similar buns are Swedish lussebulle or lussekatt, Norwegian lussekatt.
^Babington, Moyra (1971) The West Country Cookery Book. London: New English Library; pp. 111-12
A saffronbun, Cornish tea treat bun or revel bun, is a rich, spiced yeast-leavened sweet bun that is flavoured with saffron and contains dried fruit including...
bun. Spices used in the preparation of spiced buns include: cinnamon mace nutmeg coriander allspice saffron mixed spice - a non-standardised mixture of...
the saffron "revel buns" were traditionally baked for anniversary feasts (revels) or for church dedications. In the West of Cornwall, large saffron "tea...
bun Colston bun Dripping cake Hot cross bun Iced bun Lardy cake London bunSaffronbun Scone (also often savoury) Teacake Sally Lunn bun Welsh cake Bread...
cinnamon bun with rum flavored icing S Saffronbun – A rich, spiced, yeast-leavened sweet bun, flavored with saffron and cinnamon or nutmeg, and contains...
Ambassador Erik D. Ramanathan) enjoying a traditional Swedish semla Saffronbuns served at fika Sliced prinsesstarta Swedish cuisine List of desserts...
more popular. Sweden's pastry tradition features a variety of tortes, yeast buns, cookies, biscuits and cakes; many of them are in a very sugary style and...
scone Hot cross bun Iced bun Lardy cake London bun Manchet Muffin Oatcake Pan loaf Plain loaf Potato scone Saffronbun Sally Lunn bun Scone Scuffler Singing...
Pat McGee Band Port Revel, a French maritime pilotage school Revel bun, a saffronbun Red River Revel, an annual US festival of food, culture, art, and...
sweet bread prepared in a crown shape Saffronbun – Sweet bun flavoured with saffron Sally Lunn bun – English sweet bun Scone – Traditional British baked...
Saffron rice is a dish made from saffron, white rice and also usually vegetable bouillon. Saffron rice is found in the cuisines of many countries (in...
(often three eggs, symbolic of the Holy Trinity). St. Lucia buns (St Lucy buns) - a saffronbun with raisins, also known as Lussekatter, associated with...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
are Christmas candy like knäck, caramels and marzipan, pastries like saffronbuns and gingerbread, fresh and dried fruit, and nuts. Sometimes it can also...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
pastry in the form of birds for the Feast of the Ascension in Sweden saffronbuns in various forms, known as Lussekatter, are made for Saint Lucy's Day...
signature bake, the bakers were set to bake 24 buns made from an enriched dough with yeast in 3 hours. The buns should be all of the same size and evenly baked...
of "Sally Lunn and saffron cake" in a 1776 poem about Dublin by the Irish poet William Preston. The first recorded mention of the bun in Somerset is as...
churches, offices and hospitals, traditionally combined with eating saffronbuns and gingerbread. It is said that to vividly celebrate St. Lucy's Day...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
Cornish fairings Cornish Gilliflower Hevva cake Hog's pudding Pasty Saffronbun Stargazy pie Cornish Yarg Arts List of Cornish writers Tristan and Iseult...
Global Information