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A Shrewsbury cake or Shrewsbury biscuit is a classic English dessert, named after Shrewsbury, the county town of Shropshire. They are made from dough that contains sugar, flour, egg, butter and lemon zest; dried fruit is also often added. Shrewsbury cakes can be small in size for serving several at a time, or large for serving as a dessert in themselves. The playwright William Congreve mentioned Shrewsbury cakes in his play ''The Way of the World'' in 1700 as a simile (''Witwoud - "Why, brother Wilfull of Salop, you may be as short as a Shrewsbury cake, if you please. But I tell you 'tis not modish to know relations in town"''). The recipe is also included in several early cookbooks including ''The Compleat Cook of 1658''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://archive.org/stream/thecompleatcook10520gut/10520.txt )〕 Also, today in India, Shrewsbury biscuits are one of the most popular biscuits in the country. They are locally produced in the city of Pune, Maharashtra.〔http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/food/2002/10/shrewsbury_biscuits.shtml〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/pune-bread-lavani-book-store-swig-roll-ball-temple-pilots/1/165152.html )〕 A popular biscuit in New Zealand is also called a Shrewsbury biscuit, this is similar to a Jammie Dodger in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/food/recipes/shrewsbury-biscuits/ )〕 The traditional British recipe, however, predates James Cook's trip to the islands forming New Zealand in 1769 by at least a hundred years. ==See also== * Geographically indicated foods of the United Kingdom * List of cakes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shrewsbury cake」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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