Pancakes or cream buns?

Today it is Shrove Tuesday and traditionally in England a day for eating pancakes.  Here in Sweden however Semla are eaten instead.  A cream bun, filled with fresh cardamom cream and almond paste, they are truly delicious.  We set the table today and my daughter and I ate afternoon tea together, something we rarely do, but it is only once a year.  The spotty dotty cake plate, was just 2 pounds from a local table top sale.