Dear Eric: Just wondering if you could provide a recipe and some background information for Scottish black bun. I’d like to try making it in place of Christmas fruitcake this year. Eric Akis Dec ...

Earlier recipes for black bun encased the fruit mixture in bread, while those of a slightly later era, made a pastry casing, using a basic shortcrust with lard. I found a reference to a black bun ...

If you’re at a New Year’s Eve party in Scotland, don’t be surprised if a guest leaves the house a few minutes before midnight just so that they can re-enter as the first footer after the bells.

CHRISTMAS cakes and puddings are traditionally prepared well in advance to give them plenty of time to mature and develop their intense flavour.… ...

Preheat the oven to 160ºC and spray a 20 cm cake tin with non-stick spray. Sift the dry ingredients together and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add enough iced water ...

Among the many Scottish Hogmanay traditions, few have a history as fascinating as that of the black bun — a treat that is still enjoyed to this day by people across the country.

Black bun was a traditional Scottish dish. Picture: ... Black bun. Black bun is a type of fruit cake completely covered with pastry and still enjoyed in some parts of the country at Hogmanay.

MIAMI, Sept. 28 (UPI) --Fast food chain Burger King announced the creation of a Halloween-themed burger featuring "something wicked" -- an all black bun. The chain announced on Twitter the limited ...

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Dear Eric: Just wondering if you could provide a recipe and some background information for Scottish black bun. I’d like to try making it in place of Christmas fruitcake this year. Eric Akis Dec ...