Recipe: Suffolk Scoundrels

It's definitely baking weather. And these buns are just the ticket to put a smile on your face.

“There's nowt like a cup of tea and a slice of cake,” I hear my friend Mat say in my mind in his singsong Yorkshire lilt as I remove a tray of Suffolk Scoundrels from the oven.

As cute (or menacing) as a button, their smell is both evocative and comforting. Butter, sugar, spice, citrus. It's a trick to resist them when they're freshly baked. Their crumbs…