Chorley cakes are flattened, fruit filled pastry cakes, traditionally associated with the town of chorley in lancashire, england. they are a close relative of the more widely known eccles cake, but have some significant differences. the chorley cake is significantly less sweet than its eccles cousin, and is commonly eaten with a light spread of butter on top, and sometimes a slice of lancashire cheese on the side. a chorley cake is made using currants, sandwiched between two layers of unsweetened shortcrust pastry, whereas an eccles cake uses flaky puff pastry, which after baking is normally a deeper brown in colour. the other difference is that the currants in the eccles cake are often c...

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