These original Bath Buns are known as the ‘London Variety’  purely and simply because another famous bun also comes from Bath  the Sally Lunn Made from at least the early 1800s the Bath Bun recipe below is an authentic one which would have been traditionally made in a bakery  however the earliest Bath Bun recipes can sometimes call for the addition of coloured-sugared almonds and currants  these were added on top after baking  sticking to a sugary glaze