Belgian bun
Sweet bun with sultanas, topped with icing and half a glace cherry
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A Belgian bun is a sweet bun containing sultanas and usually topped with glace icing and half a glace cherry.[1] Some recipes also include lemon curd.[1] There is no fixed recipe, and many bakeries use their own recipes.[2]
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| Type | Sweet roll |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Main ingredients | sultanas, icing |
The bun is round or square shaped, with rounded off edges, making it similar in appearance to a Chelsea bun.[1][3] It is also sometimes served with cream.[4]
No firm link has so far been established between the bun and Belgium; however, that country does produce as one of its specialties a very similar viennoiserie (though with less icing) known as a rozijnenkoek or couque suisse.[5][6]
The world's biggest Belgian bun was made to celebrate a new route to Antwerp from London Southend Airport, weighing a massive 17.1 kg (38 lb) in 2018.[7][8]
