Bake Sale

Gran may not be the greatest cook,
she doesn’t own a recipe book,
can’t be bothered to measure or weigh,
doesn’t care what people say

but baking with gran is always fun,
Victoria sponge or currant bun,
Eccles cake or chocolate éclair
from whatever ingredients are there.

Gran doesn’t mind if she’s out of butter,
no flour or eggs? No cocoa? No matter,
she chucks what she has got into the bowl
and it turns out ok (well, on the whole!)

When I needed cookies for the Christmas stall,
gran said OK, no trouble at all
and all afternoon we stirred and rolled,
she winked at me, You’re never too old;

all my life I’ve loved to bake
it’s just amazing what you can make
with a mixing bowl and a rolling pin
so roll your sleeves up and get stuck in!