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Eccles cake
(Dead fly pie, Church cake, Squashed fly cake, Fly’s graveyard)
Eccles cake is a specialty of the eponymous city in the Greater Manchester region. The dish consists of a crispy puff pastry filled with cinnamon, raisins or currants, and brown sugar, the whole concoction glazed with honey to develop its characteristical golden color.
These tasty treats were even outlawed in 1653 due to the Puritan belief that they were pagan. Today, Eccles cakes are fully legal, and it is recommended to pair them with a cup of tea or a bowl of hot porridge.
WHERE TO EAT The best Eccles cake in the world (according to food experts)
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Recommended by Tom Parker Bowles and 7 other food critics.
"Fergus Henderson of St John bakes another masterful Eccles, and suggests you eat it with Lancashire cheese, a wise and traditional match."
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Recommended by Jamie Oliver and 5 other food critics.
"If, like me, you’ve always found the eccles cake to be pastry’s least glorious incarnation, then Pump Street’s – its fruit plumped with armagnac and its syrupy base sticking to the plate – will be a revelation."
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Recommended by Shaheen Peerbhai and 2 other food critics.
"Every bite of the buttery, sugary sweet Eccles cake tempered with the less sweet hot chocolate was a perfect tea time treat."
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Recommended by Simon Majumdar and 1 other food critic.
"Of the puddings the best was a slightly chewy but tasty Eccles Cake with Ice Cream."
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Recommended by Rick Jordan and 1 other food critic.
"Drop in at teatime for the Fourme d'Ambert Eccles Cakes."
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