Type | Bread |
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Place of origin | England |
Region or state | Historical Lancashire |
Main ingredients | Barm |
A barm cake [citation needed] is a soft, round, flattish bread item from North West England, traditionally leavened with barm.[1][2][3][4]
Bacon is often the filling for a barm cake, at home or in Lancashire cafes or bakers. [5]
Chips are also a popular filling, sold in most fish and chip shops in the North West of England and often called a chip barm. Another popular filling in the North West, particularly Bolton, is a pasty barm.[6] [7] In Wigan, a whole savoury pie is served in a barm cake, traditionally known locally as a “pie barm” or “slappy”, and more recently as a "Wigan kebab".[8][9]