Pontefract cake
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Pontefract cakes are a type of small, roughly circular black liquorice sweet. They measure approximately 0.75 in wide and 0.16 in thick, and were originally manufactured in the West Yorkshire town of
A pile of Pontefract cakes
Liquorice
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Liquorice or licorice is the common name of Glycyrrhiza glabra, a flowering plant of the bean family Fabaceae, from the root of which a sweet, aromatic flavouring is extracted.
Pontefract cake
…Pontefract cakes (also known as Pomfret cakes and Pomfrey cakes) are a type of small, roughly circular black liquorice sweet. They measure approximately 0.75 in (19 mm) wide and 0.16 in (4 mm) thick (similar to a pastille), and were originally manufactured in the West…
Illustration Glycyrrhiza glabra 0
Sections of liquorice root
Black liquorice wheels, a common candy preparation
Liquorice root chips