Are Eccles cakes fattening

Unfortunately, they are naughty but nice and very fattening (unless you are naturally skinny). They are a cake made from traditional puff pastry, filled with butter, currants/raisins, sugar, candied peel, nutmeg, allspice, and topped with demerara sugar. For more information about the history of traditional British Eccles cakes, or for a recipe, see the page link, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.