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Black bun is a type of fruit cake completely covered with pastry. It is Scottish in origin originally eaten on Twelfth Night but now enjoyed at Hogmanay. The cake mixture typically contains raisins currants almonds citrus peel allspice ginger cinnamon and black pepper. It had originally been introduced following the return of Mary Queen of Scots from France but its original use at Twelfth Night ended with the Scottish Reformation.
