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Banbury cake
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English
Etymology
Originally made in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Noun
A spiced, currant-filled, flat pastry cake similar to an Eccles cake, but more oval in shape.
en Banbury tart
en 1948 November and December By Broad Gauge to Cornwall Railway Magazine 357 Didcot had one definite pleasure. We knew that little boys would be going up and down the platform singing out, "Banbury cakes! Banbury cakes!" And mother would crane out and buy some, just to encourage the crew.