Eccles cake

Eccles cake
A freshly baked Eccles cake
TypeCake
Place of originEngland
Region or stateEccles, Greater Manchester
Main ingredientsFlaky pastry, butter, currants
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An Eccles cake is a small, round pie, similar to a turnover, filled with currants and made from flaky pastry with butter, sometimes topped with brown sugar. It originated in Eccles, England.