Hot cross buns are a bun that is spiced and normally made with currants or raisins, but other variations can now be made including such things as cranberries and oranges. The name comes from the cross-shape on the top of the bun, and they are typically eaten hot or toasted.
This is an odd time of year to have a day related to the hot cross bun, as they are a traditional Easter foodstuff which is especially eaten on Good Friday, particularly in many countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. They are a food that is in many countries strongly linked to Christianity. In the UK, sale of the buns outside of Easter and Christmas has, in the past, been banned.
Quite why the buns are marked with a cross is uncertain. The cross was once made with shortcrust pastry, but now a paste of flour and water is normally used. The cross may seem like obvious Christian symbology, and a link to the cross of the crucifixion, but breads may have been marked with a cross prior to the rise of Christianity, and has been linked to other religions in the past.
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