Pontefract-cake Definition
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A small, disc-shaped sweet with an impressed castle, made from locally grown liquorice.
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pontefract-cakesOrigin of Pontefract-cake
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From the Yorkshire town of the same name, Eccles, where production of the sweets were can be traced back to the 1500s.
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