Octo-pie is a go!
Aug. 25th, 2013 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ladyvyolaSee that cutie in the icon?
He's 9 today.
The horde came over last night and he was definitely more excited about the Marvel Lego set than the berry Octo-pie. Eh, he's a picky eater sometimes, declaring he's "never liked" something that's always been his favorite.
But everyone else was very enthusiastic, both about the flavor and the form. So much so that I'm most likely going to be doing a peach pie for Spenser's 8th birthday next month (I'll do a flower and butterfly crust, I think). Ellie, who will be 6 the month after that, is see-sawing between a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting or a cheesecake with chocolate sauce.
A cheesecake.
I'm so proud. And terrified. And proud. (And terrified. I've never made a cheesecake before. But I do have springform pans, so apparently I'm qualified.)
I PRESENT TO YOU... THE OCTO-PIE!
The filling: 5 cups of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, with sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and cornstarch
Cutting out the tentacles
Assembled octopus
Sea creature embellishments - I'm particularly fond of my freehand seahorses
After baking - the browner sections are where I dusted it with turbinado sugar
A starfish and seahorse close up and personal
Yeah, Deadpool is the real winner here
Only one candle (a pirate sword) because honestly, candles in pie? Not the easiest to manage
He's 9 today.
The horde came over last night and he was definitely more excited about the Marvel Lego set than the berry Octo-pie. Eh, he's a picky eater sometimes, declaring he's "never liked" something that's always been his favorite.
But everyone else was very enthusiastic, both about the flavor and the form. So much so that I'm most likely going to be doing a peach pie for Spenser's 8th birthday next month (I'll do a flower and butterfly crust, I think). Ellie, who will be 6 the month after that, is see-sawing between a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting or a cheesecake with chocolate sauce.
A cheesecake.
I'm so proud. And terrified. And proud. (And terrified. I've never made a cheesecake before. But I do have springform pans, so apparently I'm qualified.)
I PRESENT TO YOU... THE OCTO-PIE!
The filling: 5 cups of blueberries, blackberries and raspberries, with sugar, lemon juice, lemon zest, and cornstarch
Cutting out the tentacles
Assembled octopus
Sea creature embellishments - I'm particularly fond of my freehand seahorses
After baking - the browner sections are where I dusted it with turbinado sugar
A starfish and seahorse close up and personal
Yeah, Deadpool is the real winner here
Only one candle (a pirate sword) because honestly, candles in pie? Not the easiest to manage
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Date: 2013-08-25 05:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-26 12:42 am (UTC)(Also: ALL HAIL DREAD CTHULHU. :D )
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Date: 2013-08-26 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-26 02:40 am (UTC)And yes, your frequent posts have been prompting me to do more baking myself. I just forget to take pics most of the time. (Smitten Kitchen's buttermilk berry cake has been done several times.)
I always forget how easy (if a bit time-intensive) fruit pies are. I use a very basic crust recipe -- flour, salt, shortening, water -- and cut the shortening in by hand. It's subtly savory, ever-so-slightly reminiscent of damp saltine crackers (but without any staleness), and goes really well with a sweet filling.
And I didn't go too sweet with the berries, either, and was generous with the lemon juice and zest. Since I served vanilla ice cream with it, the zingier filling held up and didn't just meld taste-wise into one big sugary mass.
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Date: 2013-08-26 02:43 am (UTC)I don't think the kids know about the Elder Gods yet. I'll have to check with my brother. (He and his wife may not have gotten around to it yet, having been too busy imparting LOTR and SW and Trek and DC and Marvel and Buffy and Who....)
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Date: 2013-08-26 02:45 am (UTC)And the pie was delicious.
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Date: 2013-08-27 02:32 am (UTC)And yeah, that buttermilk berry cake is the best. I've made it a lot. *g*