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| Alternative names | Saffron cake, saffron loaf, tea treat bun, St Lucia bun |
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| Type | Sweet roll or yeasted cake |
| Place of origin | Cornwall, Netherlands, Sweden |
| Main ingredients | currants or raisins, saffron, cinnamon or nutmeg |
A saffron bun, Cornish tea treat bun or revel bun, is a rich, spiced yeast-leavened sweet bun that is flavoured with saffron and contains dried fruit including currants and raisins similar to a teacake. The main ingredients are plain flour, butter, yeast, caster sugar, currants and sultanas.[1] Larger versions baked in a loaf tin are known as saffron cake.
Similar buns are Swedish lussebulle or lussekatt, Norwegian lussekatt.
- ^ Babington, Moyra (1971) The West Country Cookery Book. London: New English Library; pp. 111-12