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The Bath bun is a rich round yeast leaven sweet roll that has a lump of sugar baked in the bottom and more crushed sugar sprinkled on top after baking. Variations in ingredients include candied fruit peel currants or larger raisins or sultanas.It has been claimed that William Oliver inventor of the Bath Oliver dry biscuit also invented the Bath bun but that it proved too fattening for his rheumatic patients.