Usually means: Scottish fruitcake with pastry crust.
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▸ noun:  A fruitcake wrapped in pastry, originally eaten in Scotland on Twelfth Night but now enjoyed at Hogmanay.

Similar:
cookie, parliament cake, Dundee cake, Chelsea bun, currant bun, Bath bun, tattie cake, hot cross bun, bonnag, black cake, more...

Opposite:
white bun, light bun, non-black bun

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Similar:
cookie, parliament cake, Dundee cake, Chelsea bun, currant bun, Bath bun, tattie cake, hot cross bun, bonnag, black cake, more...

Opposite:
white bun, light bun, non-black bun



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