Do you prefer yours with sultanas and spices, or Vegemite and cheese? However you eat them, hot cross buns reflect centuries of tradition – and superstition.

with the marked cross on top a symbol of Christian faith. But it hasn't always been this way. The rolls, often filled with dried fruit and spices, actually have pagan roots. Historians say they ...

It was a symbol of faith ... blended with Christian customs. From Pagan loaves to Christian buns Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout ...