If I were to try to describe Joe Pastry heaven to you, it would go a little something like this: a warm spring afternoon, the kids and the missus are taking a nap. There’s a cold bottle of suds open, and a big ol’ pastry to build.
That was my Sunday, friends, and here’s what it looked like. I used a spatula to loosen the cake (you can also employ meringue, recipe below) from the sides of the sheet pan, then slid it — still on the parchment — onto my work surface.