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It's a Wrap

As in a Winter Wrap Up – thanks to MyLittle Pony.

I am currently obsessed with the Frozen soundtrack and My Little Pony soundtrack.  The songs from My Little Pony, the creation of which is headed up by Danial Ingram are so good; so appealing; and dare I say sophisticated enough to be enjoyed by appreciative adults.  Just call me a Brony!

Seriously, give it a go.  You might be pleasantly surprised. 

Anyways, there’s this song about a Winter Wrap Up.  Winter Wrap Up, Winter Wrap Up – cos tomorrow Spring is here.  So we’re doing a Winter Wrap Up Par-tay!

Any excuse to get the cousins together and the adults joining in, really.

And so, with some Winter decorations, and an extensive menu, we celebrated the coming of Spring.



And part of the menu was this scrumptious Blueberry Custard Pie.

For some reason, we don’t seem to have a lot of pie down in these parts.  Café offerings seem to trend towards cupcakes, cakes, cheesecakes and more cakes.  Not much by way of tarts and pies, from what I could see.

And I don’t understand why not!!!!

A homemade bitey buttery base… a hot creamy, custardy, blueberry-y filling… and a crunchy streusel/crumble topping.  All topped off with a scoop of ice-cold vanilla ice-cream.  Oh yeah, baby!


This one is a keeper…


And check out my homemade pie base - not too shabby, eh?




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