I stumbled across the Morrisons Belgian Bun quite by accident. This is the first time I have seen them for sale there, coccooned in cosy plastic
so this was the time to try them out. The wind is winding, the rain is raining and the buns are glistening with excitement.
It is a very rounded bun but also very flat on the top which exposes the strange dichotomy in its personality. A baked bun is built from the rising bubbles
of yeasty gas that surge sensually through its body but somehow this eruption of the bakers magic has been constrained into a flat top
The icing is soft and still almost liquid but without any stickiness, which means it is safe from adhesion within its plastic bubble.
The cherry is a good large thing, with a charming dimple on its side where the stalk originally grew, showing that it was once a real
cherry (though now processed into perfect synthetic pinkness).
In close up, the section of the bun shows the erratic spontaneity of the baking process. The bun itself was rather dry. Without the icing
it might have been difficult to eat, though it has the advantage of being an incitement to tea drinking. It has a slightly lemony flavour.
The dough had been coiled with determination and once baked it could be uncoiled into brittle bite sized chunks. There was no lemon curd
lubricating the coils, but there were 25 whole sultanas trapped perfectly within the structure.
It is a cold wet day, and it is time to see how this bun can stand up to the rigours of the Cornish climate. It tied it to the front bonnet of my car
and took it for a drive along the north cliffs. After a short journey it was looking firm and confident and enjoying the view over the sea to the north west.
After a short journey I arrived with the bun at Godrevey Lighhouse. Some very light rain had fallen but the bun was still holding up well.
It was fixed to the base of my windscreen wiper, and a spell of rain resulted in some bun damage when they were activated temporarily.
The bun remained in good condition as the afternoon ended. This is a view across the bay to St.Ives with the bun exposed to the full
force of the atlantic winds.
