A hot cross bun is a spiced bun, usually containing small pieces of raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countrie
Homemade hot cross bun with frosting
An 1884 advertisement announcing the sale of hot cross buns for Good Friday in a Hawaiian newspaper.
Hot cross bun, with a piped cross made from flour paste, cut in two and toasted
Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday, or Friday of the Passion of the Lord, is a solemn Christian holy day commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death a
Hot cross bun
…A hot cross bun is a spiced bun, usually containing small pieces of raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries. They are available all year round in some countries, including the UK. The bun marks the end…
Christ Crucified by Diego Velázquez, 1632
The altar cross of Hedvig Eleonora Evangelical-Lutheran Church on Good Friday in Östermalm, Sweden
The Judas Kiss by Gustave Doré, 1866
Antonio Ciseri's depiction of Ecce Homo with Jesus and Pontius Pilate, 19th century