Hands up all those who don’t like a slice of bake with their cuppa? Exactly, not a single raised arm. We, as a cake-loving nation unanimously reach for the biscuit and/or cake tin every time we flick the switch on our kettles and brew up. It’s nothing shortbread of an institution. A legal practice which has been handed down through successive generations and something to a man, woman and child we take very seriously indeed. Add into the confectionary equation the incredible rise of prime time baking-focused TV shows such as The Great British Bake Off, and you suddenly see why best-selling contemporary fine artist, Peter Smith has jumped on the confectionary wagon of late. Released as a key ingredient of his ‘A Cup of Tea and Slice of Bake’ series launched this Autumn 2016, ‘Family Pack’ has touched a sugary nerve and destined to find its way into countless (well, 150 as it happens) homes from hereon in, as the art-loving general public fall in love with Smith’s latest hand-signed pictorial iteration.