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sticky bun


White bread roll with pink icing and coconut: I like to buy a sticky bun with pink icing and coconut from the bakery for morning tea.

Contributor's comments: Isn't this a coffee roll? And if it's larger than an individual roll, it's a bun loaf.

Contributor's comments: From WA: never heard the term "torpedo" in this context, I'd call what you're describing a "sticky bun"

Contributor's comments: When I was at school in Sydney 10 years back we called them 'finger buns'.

Contributor's comments: 'Sticky Bun' is definitely a loaf covered in pink, sickly icing and when I was growing up in Queensland it was the only name I knew for such a bakery item!