Wedding Pie

[sassy_red_head]

I want to make my own wedding cake, except I want it to be a wedding pie. A pumpkin pie to be exact.  The problem is that I'm not much of a baker.  Ask me to make duck confit and I'm there. Ask me to bake a pie and I'm dumb-founded.

I want it to lok like a cheesecake though (see sketch behind cut)so I figure I can use one of those deep pans with

Comments

[gunshotbeauty]

marzipan is used as decorations for a lot of cakes.

[funkygreendog]

I've had pumpkin cheesecake at Olive Garden. It's seasonal and delicious. I tried making it and failed miserably...I think I missed something dire.

[mommaof5320]

My husband LOVES my pumkin cheesecake. He likes it as much or more than pumpkin pie

Pumpkin Cheesecake..

[_keta]

You can make pumpkin cheesecake..
http://dinnercoop.cs.cmu.edu/dinnercoop/Recipes/ari/PumpkinCheesecake.html

I'd say marzipan for the argyle.. but I don't know how that would work with a pumpkin cheesecake.

I mean, marzipan for the diamonds, and you could use chocolate for the lines.. it sounds good on it's own but I don't know about how it would go with a pumpkin cheesecake.

Re: Pumpkin Cheesecake..

[sassy_red_head]

I've heard fondant is also often used. Would that work too? I forgot to mention that the groom has a nut allergy.

Re: Pumpkin Cheesecake..

[lmblackjack21]

Yeah, definitely.

Re: Pumpkin Cheesecake..

[ninjalie]

fondant is more beautiful then it is tasty. its kinda gross in my opinion and wouldnt go all too well with a pumpkin pie. The best way i can describe it is grainy edible leather

[hannah_phi]

I think fondant would work for decorating the cake and it would give you the clean lines you're looking for. You could use white findant to cover the cake/pie and there's gel icing that would look really pretty for the argyle. Fondant doesn't really have a flavor, except it tastes swee, neither does the gel icing. I would get extra of the gel and practice your design on paper or something, just so you don't end up with a mishap.

I would second the pumpkin cheesecake idea, it's good stuff. Also I'm not sure if you could do the shape you imagine with regular pumpkin pie filling.

Good luck and happy baking.

[sassy_red_head]

Thanks. I didn't want to cover the whole thing, I really only want the diamonds and the lines to be right on the filling.

Is fondant easy to work with? maybe I can make the lines and the diamonds on some wax paper and then lay it on top of the pie?

How do you make fondant?

[hannah_phi]

I've never made, or worked with fondant. You could easily find a recipe online, or there must be one in the Joy of Cooking. From my understanding though fondant is an icing that you would lay over the entire thing, then stretch and shape it over the cake. If you want to do the design directly on top of the cake, then probably the chocolate suggestion below would work best.

[the_sybil]

You can buy fondant ready made (nb, I've never actually bought fondant from this store)- just knead in some food colouring if necessary. It is easy to work with - like marzipan, really. I think you could get away with making just the diamonds and laying them on top of the pie - I think experimentation is the key! that's assuming you can bake a pie without cracks in the top - mine always have cracks...

Buying one batch of fondant will certainly provide you with enough both for experiments and the final thing.

[mephistakitten]

What about doing it in chocolate?

You can use a fine pastry cone to make the lines and do the diamonds and lines with tinted white chocolate on parchment paper. Remember do the outline first in dark chocolate, then the inside with the greenish chocolate.

(Chocolate = candy melts from the Wilton online store, tinted with color, or just a mix of green and white)

Remember that cheesecake (and probably pumpkin pie also) in a sprinform would taste good with a graham cracker crust, which is a crumbly thing that is pressed into the bottom of the pan and baked a little prior to filling.

How many people does the cake have to serve?

[sassy_red_head]

Well I want to make one 10-12" cake and then a few 8" cakes to have at the guest tables.

My orginal thought was to make 2 diamonds, one with dark chocolate and one with white chocolate and then to make the stripes maybe some fondant.