anyone ever heard of "chelsea bread"?

I was recently up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and tried a bread at the Granville Public Market there. The bread was called CHELSEA BREAD and seemed to have various fruits in it....the bread itself was more yellow in color, slightly on the sweet side, and the fruits themselves resembled those commonly found in fruitcake. Please help.....we really liked this bread and are now trying to find either a recipe or a source for this.....

[monpetitchoux]

Sounds similar to pannetone. But probably not because then they would have said it was pannetone. Maybe you could start with a pannetone recipe? I've got one if you want it.

[mudbug]

Look for the book Surprises Come In Small Packages! by Madge Rosenberg

You can find the recipe for Chelsea Bread in it.

Read a review on the book here.

[pompeyams]

here you go what we call them in England is Chelsea buns
Basic bun dough-480g strong flour
pinch salt
60 g butter
60 g castor sugar
30 g yeast
240 g warm milk
1 egg
grated zest of 1 lemon

sieve flour and salt rub in butter blend milk with sugar and yeast add to flour mix
knead to a dough prove dough.
next rolldough into 15" square
brush with melted butter
sprinkle over 60g of currants
sprinkle with 30g of cinnamon sugar
rool up tightly then brush with more melted butter
cut into 16 pieces
place all cut edge upwards into greasted 4" x4" baking tray
prove to twice their size
bake at 450of approx 15--20 minutes
brush with bun glaze and sprinkle caster suger on them
let me know how you get on
wateryandy @aol.com