Pi Day

Lately I've had the itch to bake, and what better excuse than Pi day? I wanted fruit pie, but since everything is out of season nothing sounded particularly appealing. And my boss already claimed raspberry (the best berry).

Jay suggested Derby pie. He had an exam to study for so I baked one for each of us:


Last year one guy bought pies. This year we were all fired up, QA bought strawberry rhubarb, peach, apple, and a homemade peanut butter. They were all amusingly stacked on the camera racks, I'm bummed I never got a picture. And this is a sampling of the homemade pies brought in by Documentation (key lime, my Derby & raspberry):



So much for my cruise diet. Hurray for 3.14!

Craft: White Chocolate Sugar Skulls

I originally heard about the White Chocolate Sugar Skulls in BUST Magazine and later saw it posted again on the Craft: Blog. I'd already purchased my skull mold from MexicanSugarSkull.com, and picked up my supplies at the local Wegmans.

See the references above for instructions. I've a few notes to add to them: Whatever you do, don't heat the chocolate for too long. As soon as it gets creamy it's a good time to stop. My second batch somehow appeared to become hardened again after the creamy stage. This may be due in part because I couldn't find the melting chips and used regular chips instead. After pressing into the molds I threw the whole mold into the freezer for about 20 minutes to cool.

The icing I picked up was pretty hard to work with. I can't imagine doing the intricate designs featured in the articles. Maybe I just need better icing. Definitely more colors.