Cakes and Pies

Here is what one might find on a typical day in my Nans kitchen: 32 pies, 2 batches of rock cakes, 2 chocolate cakes, and some funny things with cherry's on top. She doesn't eat all these bakery products herself but gives them away. Some may remember the famous long distant chocolate cake that my Nan sent all the way to where I was living  in New Zealand, and even after a week in transit still tasted pretty good so imagine what these things taste like fresh, best cakes in the world clearly.

My brother and his family came down for a visit so my Mum put in an order for some rock cakes, you can not past through my Nan's house without gaining a few pies. The pies are the best pies on the world, they're all dessert pies - apricot pies, apple pies, blackberry pies, redcurrant pies, apple and blackberry pies...
Best enjoyed hot with single cream poured over them. New Zealand only seems to have one type of cream worth bothering with called 'Cream', in England you can get Clotted cream, double cream, extra-thick double cream, whipping cream, whipped cream, single cream and sour cream. Squirty cream doesn't really count, unless you're making Biscuit Wow and then it's perfect.

My lovely sister in law enjoyed a well deserved piece of Nan's chocolate cake, nom nom!