Do miracles really happen in Angel Cake?
“I’d like to think little miracles do happen in Angel Cake. I think it’s a lovely notion which I hope the audience will buy into; a little sprinkle of happiness, if you like, on the situation. “Ultimately it’s down to the individual to decide, just as it is in the piece itself. “Jax, Millie, Stuart, they all buy into this idea about the cake but Elaine is never really that sure about it; the jury’s still out for her and she reserves judgement.” Can you bake? “I can bake but I don’t do a lot of baking, mainly because the side effect is not very good for you! But I can bake. I come from a line of women who can bake so I think I’ve probably just inherited a bit of family knowledge. I’ve never baked a cake with the Virgin Mary on it, though! “I do confess that when I looked at how they were making rock cakes in the opening scenes, I did query the method. Suddenly this other hat came on and I thought, ‘No, no, you don’t make rock cakes like that. That’s not the right consistency for rock ca
