A type of pastry or cake, especially a Banbury cake, which is a sweet pastry case filled with dried fruits, spices, and sometimes almond paste.
Named after Banbury, a market town in Oxfordshire, England, where these cakes became famous for centuries. The cakes date back to at least the 16th century and became a regional specialty.
Banbury cakes are so traditional in their English town that they have Protected Geographical Indication status—kind of like how champagne must come from Champagne, France!
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