Unfortunately, they are naughty but nice and very fattening (unless you are naturally skinny). They are a cake made from traditional puff pastry, filled with butter, currants/raisins, sugar, candied peel, nutmeg, allspice, and topped with demerara sugar. For more information about the history of traditional British Eccles cakes, or for a recipe, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.
No. They are very fattening.
Eccles Cakes are a traditional puff pastry cake filled with currants/raisins, butter, sugar, spices, and topped with demerara sugar, named after the town of Eccles in Salford (Manchester), North West England, where the recipe was invented. Recipes for Eccles Cakes vary in quantity of ingredients, but are basically similar in the ingredients themselves. You will find one recipe at the Salford City Council website, so it might claim reasonable authenticity. For more information, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Links.
Yes, that's more calories than a large slice of most cakes.
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Corey Eccles's birth name is Corey Michelle Eccles.
Joe Eccles's birth name is Joseph Henry Eccles.
Randy Eccles's birth name is John Randolph Eccles.
Chip Eccles's birth name is Charles C. Eccles.
Solomon Eccles was born in 1618.
Harry Eccles died in 1955.
Harry Eccles was born in 1893.
Jennifer Eccles was created in 1968.