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List of sweet breads

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This is a list of sweet breads. Sweet bread, also referred to as pan dulce, buns, or coffee bread, is a bread or cake that is typically sweet in flavor. Some sweet breads, such as Portuguese pão doce, may be prepared with potato flour, which imparts a sweet flavor and light texture to them. Some sweet breads that originated as cake-breads, such as lardy cake, Bath buns, and Chelsea buns, are classified as sweet breads in contemporary culinary taxonomy, even though some still have the word "cake" in them.

01Sweet breads

A

  • Amish friendship bread , Bread or cake made from a shared sourdough starter
  • Aniseed , Species of flowering plantPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets bread
  • Anpan , Japanese filled sweet bun
  • Apple bread , Taiwanese aromatic bread

B

  • Babka , Eastern European sweet yeast viennoiserie cake or breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Banana bread , Cake made from mashed bananas
  • Banbury cake , Spiced, oval-shaped, currant-filled pastry
  • Bara brith , Welsh tea bread
  • Barmbrack , Irish bread with sultanas and raisins
  • Bath bun , Sweet bun topped with crushed sugar
  • Belgian bun , Sweet bun with sultanas, topped with icing and half a glace cherry
  • Bienenstich , German layered yeast cake
  • Bisciola , Italian sweet bread
  • Boston bun , Sweet roll with spices and thick icing
  • Bremer Klaben , German type of dried fruit filled bread
  • Brioche , Type of French viennoiserie
  • Bublik , Ring-shaped bread roll
  • Buccellato (di Lucca) , Italian sweet breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Bun , Bread-based food

C

D

  • Dampfnudel , German dumpling
  • Danish pastry , Multilayered, laminated sweet pastry, in Denmark, these types of pastries are referred to as wienerbrød
  • Double buddy , Philippine bread with desiccated coconut meat
  • Dripping cake , British traditional bread

E

F

  • Facturas, Argentine pastries
  • Fat Rascal , Traditional cake from YorkshirePages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Fruit bun , Sweet bread with fruit and spices

G

  • Gata , Armenian sweet bread, Armenian pastry or sweet bread
  • Germknödel , German and Austrian yeast dough dumpling
  • Gingerbread , Spiced dough used for baking
  • Goro , Norwegian biscuitPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Guernsey Gâche , Regional bread of Guernsey
  • Gugelhupf , German sweet bread

H

  • Halguane , Culinary traditions of CircassiaPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Hefekranz , Sweet bread from the Germanic region
  • Himbasha , Bread native to Ethiopia and Eritrea
  • Honey bun , Fried yeast pastry
  • Hot cross bun , Baked item for Easter

I

  • Iced bun , Bread bun with a white or pink icing sugar glaze

K

  • Kalács , Eastern European breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Hungarian sweet bread
  • Kerststol , Christmas breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • King cake , Type of cake associated with Epiphany
  • Kolach , Eastern European bread
  • Kołacz , Eastern European breadPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, dates to the start of the 13th century as a unique bread served at Polish weddings
  • Kulich (bread) , Type of Russian Easter bread

L

M

  • Makówki , Central European dessert
  • Manchet , Variety of white bread
  • Mantecadas , Spongy sweet bread originating in SpainPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Melonpan , Japanese sweet bread
  • Mosbolletjies , South African sweet bread
  • Muffin , Part-raised flatbread or quickbread

P

R

  • Raisin bread , Sweet bread made with raisins and cinnamon
  • Rosca de reyes , Type of cake associated with EpiphanyPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets, Mexican sweet bread prepared in a crown shape

S

  • Saffron bun , Sweet bun flavoured with saffron
  • Sally Lunn bun , English sweet bun
  • Scone , Baked goods
  • Shortcake , Baked dessert with a crumbly texture
  • Singing hinny , Type of bannock, griddle cake or scone
  • Skolebrød , Norwegian sweet rollPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
  • Soboro-ppang , Korean streusel bread
  • Spanish bread , Philippine bread with a sweet buttery filling
  • Sticky bun , Type of dessert or breakfast sweet roll
  • Stollen , Christmas bread, originally from Germany and traditionally served at Christmas
  • Suikerbrood , Yeast-based bread
  • Sushki , Small, crunchy, mildly sweet bread rings
  • Sweet roll , Baked yeast-leavened dessert or breakfast

T

V

  • Vánočka , Czech and Slovak plaited bread
  • Velhote , Portuguese sweet bread with sugar and cinnamon
  • Viennoiserie , Type of baked goods and dough

W

  • Waffle , Batter- or dough-based food
  • Welsh cake , Griddle-cooked sweet cake from Wales

Z

Banana bread with strawberries
Banana bread with strawberries
Colomba di Pasqua
Colomba di Pasqua
Dampfnudel
Dampfnudel
Double buddy
Double buddy
Soft gingerbread with mountain cranberry
Soft gingerbread with mountain cranberry
Honey buns prepared with raw honey
Honey buns prepared with raw honey
Kalács
Kalács
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