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What do you call a school event where baked goods are sold?

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ThePeppermintMonkey · 19/12/2018 12:57

I'm curious to know what others call them and if there are regional differences. When I was at school in Glasgow it was known as a cake and candy day or cake and candy sale.

What do you know it as?

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tellmewhenthespaceshiplands · 19/12/2018 12:58

I would call it a cake sale (original, I know!) however award that in recent times its acquired that slight Americanism "bake sale"

MysweetAudrina · 19/12/2018 12:58

Bake sale or a Cake Sale

MrsTommyBanks · 19/12/2018 12:59

Cake and bake sale. I'm in London.

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SushiMonster · 19/12/2018 13:06

Cake sale

halcyondays · 19/12/2018 13:07

a bun sale (NI)
I am irrationally annoyed by bake sale.

AlexanderHamilton · 19/12/2018 13:08

A Cake Sale.

A Bake Sale is American I think. Never heard it used in the UK.

LiquoricePickle · 19/12/2018 13:09

Cake sale

xyzandabc · 19/12/2018 13:10

Cake Sale

WhatWouldLeslieKnopeDo · 19/12/2018 13:11

Cake sale

Notthisnotthat · 19/12/2018 13:11

Cake and Candy, east coast of Scotland.

Harebellmeadow · 19/12/2018 13:12

School Fête?
But im not sure whether to pronounce it as Fair or Fey or Fett?

TheBiscuitStrikesBack · 19/12/2018 13:12

I live in Glasgow and have never heard of a cake and candy sale.

TheBiscuitStrikesBack · 19/12/2018 13:12

Candy is one of those words that loses meaning if you say it enough.

ThistlesandHarebells · 19/12/2018 13:12

In my part of Glasgow such events are only ever called “Bring and Buy Sales”. Same term used in similar church fund raisers.

HeadsDownThumbsUpEveryone · 19/12/2018 13:12

A cake sale, because that's what they are selling so why would you need to overcomplicate it? Surely bake and candy sale would be more American and very few people would call it that in the UK?

BiscuitDrama · 19/12/2018 13:12

Bun sale in Leeds. Bake sale in Edinburgh.

startingafresh1 · 19/12/2018 13:14

Cake sale. Midlands.

I've never heard of a sale and candy sale. I'd have guessed it was an American thing as I thought the word 'candy' was American for sweets......

ThePeppermintMonkey · 19/12/2018 13:16

Bring and buy sales are a little different to me although they did often have a cake stall, they were mostly focused on toys, games and books. Cake and candy days only involved cake and some 'candy' or sweets usually fudge and tablet. The tablet always sold out before anything else. We did also sometimes have those marshmallows dipped in chocolate and topped with a Smartie

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tellmewhenthespaceshiplands · 19/12/2018 13:16

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MrsWombat · 19/12/2018 13:17

Cake sale in my part of London. Or possibly tuck shop if they were selling more sweets than cakes.

tellmewhenthespaceshiplands · 19/12/2018 13:17

Ooooh I would love a chunk of proper tablet to eat with my tea RIGHT NOW

ThePeppermintMonkey · 19/12/2018 13:17

Candy has traditionally been used in Scotland for certain types of sweets, hence a song we have about buying 'Coulter's Candy'.

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RiverTam · 19/12/2018 13:18

cake sale, I think but maybe bake? I suppose some people might bring in biscuits so bake is more all encompassing.

ErrolTheDragon · 19/12/2018 13:18

“Bring and Buy Sales”. Same term used in similar church fund raisers.

I've come across 'bring and buy' at churches down south, I don't think that's a regional thing. But while they usually had a lot of cake, people could bring anything - garden produce, seedlings or packets of harvested seeds were usually seasonally available.

ThePeppermintMonkey · 19/12/2018 13:19

I say just cake but there were sometimes biscuits/cookies.

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