Eccles Cakes

Now I have to confess that I did not make the pastry for these. I do feel slightly guilty about this as I have seen flaky pastry made on the "Bake off", and feel that I should challenge myself to it. Having said that, in the introduction to the recipe, Mary says that you can use ready made puff pastry, so I did have permission!
I already had some pastry in the freezer that needed using up, so this morning I made these.
They were very easy, and the results were good, however a few of the family said that they would be much better with flaky pastry as the puff pastry had a hint of sausage roll to them! They only say that because they are not the ones that would have to make it!!
If there are any more recipes that require flaky pastry, I shall attempt to rise to the challenge!
We gave them 8.5.
On a practical note, the recipe only makes 8 large cakes. This may feel slightly disappointing if you have gone to the effort of making flaky pastry. I think it would be good to make slightly smaller ones, and have a few more.