Ready for the 250th anniversary celebration of Regency author Jane Austen? Let´s take a tour of Bath where she lived between 1801 - 1806, and where she wrote her novel Northanger Abbey. She will have been familiar with Bath buns, invented by a doctor called William Oliver, who provided his patients visiting the Roman with this nourishing enriched bread.
Sally Lunn`s are the most famous version of these tea breads. According to some, a young French immigrant named Solange Luyan came to Bath during the 17th century and introduces the buns in her bakery and tea room which is still open for business today. However, it´s more likely that the name came from the French words “soleil” et “lune”, a term that was already used to describe a similar roundish cake-like bread from the Alsace. Whichever version you believe, these buns are a treat and easy to make. For celebrations they can be split and filled with fruit and cream.
Discover the recipe on https://youtu.be/cvuHootY8Ow
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