A Piece of Cake is a 1948 British fantasy comedy film directed by John Irwin and starring Cyril Fletcher, Betty Astell, Laurence Naismith and Jon Pertwee.

[1][2] It was written by Bernard McNabb and Lyn Lockwood from an original story by Betty Astell and John Croydon.

Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril composes comical odes for an act for the BBC.

As his wife continuously interrupts him to remind him that he needs to obtain supplies from his "under-the counter" contacts for the dinner party they are hosting that evening, he creates an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish.

The photography is good and so is a castle sequence; but the film, in short, is not entertaining, and the inclusion of a sadly modernised version of "Cherry Ripe" does not help.