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Black Bun RecipeTraditional recipe for New Year Black Bun cake which is usually eaten on Hogmanay. Easy recipe with information about the history and traditions about Black Bun: This easy Black bun recipe will serve 12 - 16 people. Scottish Black bun is a traditional Scottish treat served on Hogmanay and over the New Year festivities. It is a rich, moist, fruit cake baked in a pastry crust. |
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A sign of a well made Black Bun is that it should stick to the knife as it is cut. In olden days sweetmeat Black Bun cake slices would have been served on Twelfth Night. It then became a Scottish New Year delicacy and treat. Maw Broon from the Sunday Post has published a cookbook full of her favourite Scottish and family recipes. Read More About It! 
This recipe for Black Bun should be made a few weeks before New Year's Eve so that the fruits absorb the alcohol and it matures to full flavour. The black bun will, like a Christmas cake or Christmas pudding, keep in an airtight container or tin until eaten. Though in the Maw Broon's Cookbook she recommends making Black Bun several months before eating it. Buy Maw Broon's Cookbook at a discounted price and with free delivery available.
The book Scots Cooking: The Best Traditional and Contemporary Scottish Recipes  by Sue Lawrence describes how Black Bun was supposed to have been the original Twelfth Night cake eaten in Scotland. It was then later known as Scotch Christmas Bun before becoming known as Black Bun.
The National Trust for Scotland book The Scottish Kitchen  by Christopher Trotter has an easy to make traditional black bun recipe that makes about 16 slices.
This easy black bun recipe should get your New Year celebrations off to a great start and also makes a great treat for Scots on Burn's Night and St Andrews Night.  Ingredients for Black Bun:225g of plain flour 50g of soft brown sugar 450g of currants 450g of raisins 450g of sultanas 175g of mixed peel 50g of chopped almonds 50g of ground almonds 3 eggs 1 egg with the yolk and white separated Buttermilk to mix 60mls of whisky or brandy 1 teaspoon of mixed spice 1 teaspoon of ground ginger 1 teaspoon of cinnamon Half teaspoon of cayenne pepper Half teaspoon of baking soda Half teaspoon of cream of tartar Ingredients for Black Bun Pastry Case225g of plain flour 125g of margarine Pinch of salt Cold water to mix Baking Directions for Black Bun Pastry:1.Sieve the flour and the salt. 2. Rub in the butter and then mix in the water. The dough should start to become stiff. 3. On a pastry board roll out the mixture into a thin square. Set aside and make the black bun filling. 
Baking Directions For Black Bun1.To make the filling for Black Bun you should first grease two 2lb loaf tins or a large tin. 2. Sieve the flour and mix in the sugar, ground almonds, mixed spice, cinnamon, ground ginger, cayenne pepper, baking soda and the cream of tartar. 3. Now stir in the dried fruits of currants, raisins, sultanas, candied peel and the chopped almonds. 4. Gently fold in the beaten eggs and the buttermilk until the mixture becomes soft and moist. 5. Add the alcohol. Another Black Bun recipe can be read in the new book Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook  .
6. Use about two thirds of the pastry to line the tins. If the pastry has to be joined then wet these so that a good seal is formed. 7. Put the black bun mixture into the tin, on top of the pastry. Make sure it is packed firmly and then level off. 8. Brush the top of the fruit mixture with the white of the egg. 
9. Cover this top with the remaining pastry and seal the edges. 10. Brush the visible pastry, ie the top of the black bun, with a beaten egg or some milk. 11. Prick the black bun with a knitting needle from the top all the way to the bottom so that any trapped air can escape through this hole, rather than burst through during cooking. 12. Pinch around the edges to give a nice finish. Delia's Happy Christmas  has a recipe for black bun in which she describes the bun being the Scots term for plum cake.
13. Bake in a low pre heated oven at 300F, gas mark 2 or 150C for about two and a half hours. 14. To prevent the bun turning brown too quickly cover with kitchen foil or brown paper at any time during the cooking. 15. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool down. 16. Turn out from the tin and store in an airtight container until ready to eat. 17. Serve with a fine malt whisky and a Happy New Year! 
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An alternative Black Bun recipe from broadcaster Nell Nelson (The Woman Who Ate Scotland) can be found in Taste Ye Back: Great Scots and the Food That Made Them  .
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