A Kitchener bun is a sweet pastry, with some similarity to the berliner, a German-origin pastry. It is distinguished by an open face and a generous cream rather than jam content. Kitchener buns are typically be found in South Australia. It consists of two halves of sponge cake, filled with jam (usually red and supposedly raspberry) and cream. It is usually covered with sugar granules, although this is not essential. Often the "cream" is an artificial form of cream. Allegedly its name was changed during World War I to honour Lord Kitchener. At that time many small towns in South Australia also changed names from those of Germanic origin. [1]
