For the pastry I used Bill Granger’s Pie Pastry and used this amazing lattice tool that my mum had to create the pretty top. I brushed the top with milk to make it golden brown in the oven. The pie went down really well, especially with vanilla ice cream. I’ve got a few adjustments in mind for the next time, but for now I have enough pastry and filling leftover to maybe make some mini pies… 




[...] to make this recipe for my Dad’s birthday cake. My Dad loves cherry pies (I made him one here) so I knew he would love to find one inside his cake. I scaled the recipe up to birthday size and [...]