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| Type | Sweet roll |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Main ingredients | sultanas, icing |
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]
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 in 2018, to celebrate a new route to Antwerp from London Southend Airport, and weighed 17.1 kg (38 lb).[7][8]
See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Paul Hollywood's Belgian Buns". The Great British Bake Off. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
- ↑ "20th century Belgian Buns recipe". The Telegraph. 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "Belgian Buns". Great British Chefs. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "FRESH CREAM belgian bun". Krusty Loaf Norfolk. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Belgian Buns". Londin Eats. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "History of the Belgian bun". Communibakes. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ↑ "Here is the monster sized Belgian Bun created at Southend Airport". Essex TV. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ↑ "Giant Belgian Bun to celebrate new routes". Evening Echo. 4 April 2018.
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