Floral Bath buns

Name: Floral Bath buns
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: coarse sugar such as preserving sugar; 2 tablespoons rosewater, plus extra for glazing; 50 g / 2 oz / ½ cup candied orange peel, finely chopped; 50 g / 2 oz / ½ cup sultanas; coarse sugar such as preserving sugar; 4 eggs; 450 g / 1 lb / 4 cups plain flour; 225 g / 8 oz / 2 sticks butter; 150 g/5 oz/⅔ cup golden caster sugar; 150 ml /5 fl oz / ¾ cup warm milk; 2 teaspoons dried yeast

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Floral Baker

By Frances Bissell

Published 2014

About

Like the similar Sally Lunn buns, these teacakes originated in Bath in the eighteenth century, said to have been invented by Dr William Oliver, who is also credited with the Bath Oliver biscuit.

Ingredients

150 ml /5 fl oz / ¾ cup warm milk
2 tea

Vegetarian
Cake

Method

Mix the milk, yeast, eggs and 50 g/2 oz/½ cup of the flour in a jug and let the yeast ferment for 20 minu