Flies' graveyard and flies' cemetery are nicknames used in various parts of the
United Kingdom for sweet pastries filled with
currants or
raisins, which are jokingly said to resemble dead
flies. In
Scotland, they are known as ''fly cakes'', ''fruit slice'' or ''fruit squares'' and in
Northern Ireland as ''currant squares''. In the North East of England, the pastries are ''fly cakes'' or ''fly pie''.
In Wales it is called ''Cacen Pwdin'' ("dessert cake"); and in New Zealand they are known as ''fruit slice'' or ''fly cemetery''.
The mixture is similar to sweet
mince pies, which are traditionally eaten at
Christmas time in the United Kingdom.
The
Garibaldi biscuit, which contains a layer of squashed currants is commonly known as a "squashed fly" or "dead fly" biscuit in the UK.
See also
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Eccles cake
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Garibaldi biscuit
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Gur cake
Gur cake is a pastry confection traditionally associated with Dublin, Ireland. Known as chester cake in other areas of Ireland and elsewhere, and gudge or donkey's gudge in Cork, it is similar to what is termed '' flies graveyard'' in parts of t ...
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Pastry
References
External links
Fruit slice recipe
British desserts
British pastries
Fruit dishes
Scottish cuisine
New Zealand desserts
Winter traditions
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