why does everyone country in the UK have different name for these England (teacake) northern Ireland (baps) Scotland (rolls). to be fair rolls is more appropriate.
dt_matthews to tj19990
27 Oct 15#4
im stunned - those non-english names would confuse the hell out of me given they have distinctly different meanings here. every day is a school day.
dt_matthews to tj19990
27 Oct 15#5
im stunned - those non-english names would confuse the hell out of me given they have distinctly different meanings here. every day is a school day.
abarthman to tj19990
27 Oct 154#6
Rolls and baps aren't teacakes.
Teacakes are sweet and have small pieces of fruit.
filletrob
27 Oct 15#3
super hot tea cakes . brought these a couple of wks ago for office
upthepool
27 Oct 15#7
Barmcake is the northern name for baps or rolls tea cakes are totally different and have raisens in
salamander
27 Oct 15#8
These look like currant teacakes to me?
crazylegs
27 Oct 15#9
These are the price they should be!
leon121
28 Oct 15#10
I'll have to get some for me mam she loves these
tj19990
28 Oct 15#11
yeah again in Scotland they call them fruit rolls and Belfast calls them fruit baps
abarthman
28 Oct 15#12
No, we don't. We call them teacakes.
tj19990
28 Oct 15#13
you must be from the border because teacakes in Scotland are tunnuck teacakes and are a ball off cream covered in chocolate wrapped in tinfoil
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Teacakes are sweet and have small pieces of fruit.