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Eccles cake

British  

noun

  1. a pastry with a filling of dried fruit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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They send what they have: biscuits, a bar of chocolate, half a pint of milk, a packet of tea, an Eccles cake and a bag of chips.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

One might find oneself holding out for the freckle - a marriage of fruit scone and Eccles cake that, regrettably, exists thus far only in the imagination.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2013

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