Quote Originally Posted by shion View Post
A scone is a single-serving cake or quick bread. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent, and are baked on sheet pans. They are often lightly sweetened and are occasionally glazed <---says wikipedia

And it popped up when I did the image search so I'm apparently not the only one who thinks of it that way
Well, yes, but also on the scone wiki page is a bunch of pictures of things that aren't what you've posted.

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