Meera Sodha’s vegan recipe for Jamaican Easter buns

These raisin-studded buns are packed with spice and make a welcome Easter alternative to chocolateIn 1592, Queen Elizabeth forbade bakeries in England to make any spiced buns except for burials, Easter Friday or at Christmas. Some say she did so because they were too special to be eaten all year round. In Jamaica, however, no such law was ever decreed, so for hundreds of years they’ve eaten these delicious spiced buns as and when they wished, sometimes with a little stout thrown in for goo