In Popular Culture
Rock cakes are mentioned as an alternative to doughnuts in the 1940 British film Night Train to Munich. They are also a common feature in the popular Harry Potter series of books and films. In the Benny Hill song Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West) – performed first on television in 1970, later released as a single in 1971 in the UK – Ernie is killed by a rock cake below the heart and a pork pie to the face.
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