Banbury cake
a small, oval pastry containing currants, candied peel, honey, spices, etc., usually with three parallel cuts across the top.
Historical Examples
The following little “Banbury cake” Book is so excessively rare, we give the text verbatim.
Banbury Chap Books Edwin Pearson
noun
(Brit) a cake consisting of a pastry base filled with currants, raisins, candied peel, and sugar, with a crisscross pattern on the top
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