Other Versions
In the UK, the major supermarkets produce variations on the traditional recipe such as toffee, orange and cranberry, and apple and cinnamon.
In Australia and New Zealand a chocolate version of the bun has become popular, there are also coffee flavoured buns sold in some Australian bakeries. They generally contain the same mixture of spices but chocolate chips are used instead of currants.
In the Czech Republic, mazanec is a similar cake or sweet bread eaten at Easter time. It often has a cross marked on top.
Read more about this topic: Hot Cross Bun
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