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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Guardian staff

Flake news: what is a sausage roll cake, and why does it exist?

A slab of sausage roll cake. it has four layers of sausage meat separated by flaky pastry
NZ minister Chris Hipkins received this sausage roll birthday cake from police officers Photograph: Chris Hipkins Facebook page

What am I looking at? Is that a cake in the shape of a sausage roll, or a sausage roll in the shape of a cake?

Would either one of those answers be OK? The so-called sausage roll cake is exactly what it looks like: enormous slabs of sausage meat nestled between thick layers of pastry. In the shape of a cake.

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