![]() A freshly baked Eccles cake | |
Alternative names | Squashed Fly Cake, Fly Cake, Fly Pie |
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Type | Cake |
Place of origin | England |
Region or state | Eccles, Greater Manchester |
Main ingredients | Flaky pastry, butter, currants |
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 demerara sugar.