To celebrate Michelle's birthday, we had a pirate party for which Jaime and I had the honor of making the cake.
Mom and I baked the cakes Thursday, then Jaime and I started assembling Friday morning.
First, we made the base out of chocolate cake.
Then, we added a wider layer of lemon cake and built it up in the front and back.
Once we had the basic ship assembled and frosted, we started working on details. Jaime added black details to the ship and I made the sea.
After I finished the water, it was time for me to go to work. So, I left Jaime to finish the black details and we took a break until I got back in the evening.
Back to the cake, we added sails, cannon balls, and the treasure.
The end result was highly satisfactory.
It was a fun project and turned out just as good as I hoped it would!
We decided to start having pie on Sundays after our family dinner. The Nickells gave me this pie book for Christmas a couple years ago and the majority of pies I have baked from it have been good, but there are so many more to try. So, we are starting to work on that. Right now we are sticking to the summer fruit section because that season is quickly ending and we want to get in some good summer fruit pies while we can. Tonight's selection was No Peel Nectarine-Lime pie with an easy press-in crust. The crust was similar in taste and consistency to shortbread and was good, but a little heavy when combined with the top crumb topping. The topping was also sweet, but added a crunchy texture.
