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