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A teacake in England is generally a light yeast-based sweet bun containing dried fruit, typically served toasted and buttered. In Sweden, they are soft, round, flat wheat breads made with milk and a little sugar, and used to make buttered ham or cheese sandwiches. In most of England, a teacake is a light, sweet, yeast-based bun containing dried fruits, most usually currants, sultanas or peel. It is typically split, toasted, buttered, and served with tea. In East Lancashire, the former West Riding of Yorkshire, Cumbria a teacake is a round bread roll which is cut in half to make sandwiches. They do not usually contain any sort of dried fruit. The Tunnock’s Teacake, made in Scotland but popular throughout the UK, is a chocolate-coated marshmallow with a round biscuit base.