Dundee cake is a kenspeckle tradeetional roond Scottish fruit cake wi a rich flavour.[1][2]

Dundee cake
Scots Dundee cake
TeepFruit cake
Place o oreeginScotland
Creautit biKeiller's marmalade
Main ingredientsCurrans, sultanas an awmonds
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The cake is aften makkit wi currants, sultanas an awmonds; aftentimes, fruit peel is addit tae it. The cake originatit in 19t century Scotland, an wis oreeginally made as a mass-produced cake bi the marmalade company cried Keiller's.[3]

Scots govrenment consultit in 2014 tae speir oor gin it maun be makit intae a European protectit geograph indicator (EU Protected Geographic Indicator PGI in Inglis).[4] Syne Brexit, the Unitit Kinrick gaed Dundee Cake a PGI status (in Inglis) as 'a rich, moist, all-butter 'afternoon tea' fruitcake which must be prepared, decorated and baked in the described geographical area.[5]

References eedit

  1. Hinds, Elizabeth. "Classic Scottish Cakes" (in Inglis). Cake Baker. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. "Dundee Recipe Is Another Standby for the Holidays". The Evening Independent (in Inglis). St. Petersburg, FL. 13 November 1936. p. 13. Archived frae the original on 29 Apryle 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  3. "Go nuts for Dundee Cake". www.webarchive.org.uk. 16 November 2014. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2018. Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
  4. Application to register the name 'Dundee Cake' as a protected geographical indication (PGI) under the EU protected food name scheme. Scotland. Scottish Government. Edinburgh. 2014. ISBN 978-1-78412-913-2. OCLC 909028857.CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. "Dundee Cake". GOV.UK (in Inglis). Retrieved 19 Januar 2022.