IMPORTANT: What is the cross in hot crossed buns made out of???

[Yui Z]

So me and my friend bet on a hot crossed bun... She says that the cross is made from icing, but I said that I disagree because it doesn't taste anything like icing.
I googled it and it said it was made from water and flour ~ some of the other answers said otherwise.

Help put an end to this bet already so I can take home my hot crossed bun and heat it up in the toaster.

Edit: Thanks to you all, I got my free hot crossed bun<3 thanks guys!

 

[Murray]

yes you're right from what I know (I've never heard of one with icing as the cross). go and enjoy your buns!

edit: im pretty sure its generally just floury(?) pastey(?) stuff (from the ones I've eaten anyway) but I wouldn't say it's wrong to have icing - I've just never heard of it that's all

 

[Kildor]

It's either water mixed with flour, or a short-crust pastry.

 

[Colour Bandit]

I think it is just water and flour, they had a documentary on the BBC about supermarkets in the spring and they showed the Sainsbury's bakery making hot cross buns and they said it was just water and flour...

 

[Jake]

They taste like **** so idc

It's probs made from some povo ingredient

 

[Cariad]

It's water and flour, but if it was icing, i think it would've been baked.

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Had a cranberry one the other day. And a choc one. DELIOIOIUCS cant spell it was that good yeah
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not saying that to you In particular yui.

 

[Alienfish]

Satan

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[matt]

It is a paste consisting of water and flour. Source from Wikipedia.