In Popular Fiction
In the first of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series, Master and Commander, Jack Aubrey is staying at The Crown in Port Mahón, Minorca. He observes: "... the place smelt of olive oil, sardines and wine; and there was not the least possibility of a Bakewell tart, an Eccles cake or even a decent suet pudding."
In the Harold Pinter play The Dumb Waiter (1957), Gus and Ben, two hit-men, are in a cellar apartment awaiting orders. Gus has brought along various snacks but Ben remains stoic and uninterested except when Gus says that he has one Eccles cake. Though Ben had earlier criticized Gus for being too interested in food and thus a lazy sort of hit-man, he shows a rare glimmer of emotion because Gus only brought one Eccles cake for himself.
In The Dark Legend Dossier by James Churchill the main character, Will, claims to be addicted to Eccles cakes and it is revealed that he makes sexually suggestive noises whilst eating one.
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