page_title: Tunnock's
section_title: Teacakes
hierarchical_section_title: Tunnock's / Teacakes
caption_attribution_description: English: A group of Tunnocks Tea Cakes. Photo taken by User:Grinner
context_page_description: Thomas Tunnock Limited, commonly known as Tunnock's, is a family-owned bakery based in Uddingston, Scotland. It is headed by Boyd Tunnock, grandson of Thomas. In 2013 a joint report by Family Business United and Close Brothers Asset Management named it as the 20th oldest family firm in Scotland still in operation.
  As of 2019, Tunnock’s has been the sponsor of the Scottish Challenge Cup in Scottish football.
context_section_description: The Tunnock's Teacake is a sweet food often served with a cup of tea or coffee.  It was developed by Sir Boyd Tunnock in 1956. The product consists of a small round shortbread biscuit covered with a dome of Italian meringue, a whipped egg white concoction similar to marshmallow, although somewhat lighter in texture. This is then encased in a thin layer of milk or dark chocolate and wrapped in a red and silver foil paper for the more popular milk chocolate variety, with blue, black, and gold wrapping for the dark.
  Retired RAF bomber pilot Tony Cunnane told of how Tunnock's Teacakes became a favourite ration snack of the V bomber nuclear deterrent flight crews based at RAF Gaydon, especially after discovering that they expanded at high altitude. This ended after one was left unwrapped and exploded on the instrument panel.
caption: Two-and-a-half Tunnock's Teacakes
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