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At least for me - I’m clearly on a dessert kick this week. For those of us falling in love with cake buffets, I urge you to consider diversifying your investments, and to not put all your sweets in the proverbial cake basket. If you’ve been to A Backyard Wedding, you’ve seen it - delicious, fantastic, summery wedding pie.
I don’t suggest cutting the pie over cutting the cake because I could just imagine a giant cherry plummeting towards doom all over a lovely white gown. But let’s focus on the pie… mmm… pie.
If you’re in Baltimore I suggest you check out Dangerously Delicious. I used to live in the wonderful neighborhood of Woodberry, which is right next to a place called Hampden (pronounced Ham-din). I eventually moved out, and Dangerously Delicious moved in. Now they have 2 locations, one in Federal Hill and the aforementioned Hampden location. I am stuck far away pie-less in England, which is probably good for my diet. Here is the real dilemma though: How can I get my professional pies into pretty vessels?
Vessels such as this lovely one on our registry.
This one is for all my fellow science lovers.
I’ll check with the folks over at Dangerously Delicious when I get back to the area to see if I can bring my own pie pan in. I have a suspicion though, that like with any baking, what you’re baking the dessert in will affect the outcome. I imagine we could always just plop the baking tin into the nice pie plates - but would it look fugly? I think I’ll have to do a “pie run” (oh yes I did) to see how it looks.
Any one else having wedding pie?
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Ha ha PI! Love it.
That is a great blog btw. Checked it out. If my grandma’s health is not too great, we may opt for having the wedding at the elegant golf clubhouse (french country style and very elegant grounds) where T lives. Less than a minute’s drive from the house so it would be to us, a backyard wedding although in elegant surrounds.
Miss D’Orsay good hunting! Thanks for that link! Just might need to use it for planning.
We’re having wedding pie. Much cheaper than cake and lots of choices for flavors.
I didn’t have wedding pie, but I love the stuff! I was watching something of Food Network recently that talked about people using it for weddings. I don’t think it would look fugly if you just plopped a pie into a vessel, but let us know when you do your practice on this because now I’m curious about how it will look.
Weeeell, my mom thinks it’ll complicate cutting/serving but we’re considering doing wedding pie in lieu of the groom’s cake.
We’re doing wedding pie AND a cake buffet! We like sweets. A lot.
Before I was just thinking about a cake stand - I hadn’t even thought of pie dish!! You’re just too smart for me, Miss D! On to eBay…
We’re having pie ala mode with Ben & Jerry’s vanilla bean! YUM, delicious, summery and full of variety. Love the pie idea - though it will no longer be as original as I originally thought. Glad to be on the same trend as the trendy Miss d’Orsay!
Not a pie person, but I can totally appreciate your second pie tin!! Haha.
I have def been thinking about doing this! We want to do some kind of desert bar. FI doesn’t like cake so we want to branch out. I think we’ll do two 1 tiered cakes and then a bunch of other stuff.
Oooh! How did I miss Dangerously Delicious in F. Hill?! Must go… soon. 
We totally had wedding pie! Strawberry pie is my husband’s favorite dessert, and it is what we cut into for the photo op. We did offset it with a dessert bar filled with 3 types of cookies baked by my mom and I, and 3 types of cupcakes, so there was something for everyone.
We are having pie too! I looove cake, but my FI is so not an fan. We decided to have a small 2 tier cake for us to cut into, with cupcakes and pies as the actual dessert. (Plus a candy buffet…YAY!) Its a great way to tie his wishes into the day, since cake is really the only thing that he really wanted (besides augratin potatoes…weird).
The scientist in me is drooling over that pi tin (oh yes I did)…but the really fat 10 year old in me is drooling over the pie buffet!! What a great idea!! Perfect for a summer wedding..:-)
I love the idea of wedding pie. Why?
It’s less expensive.
Not everyone can bake a wedding cake, but when it comes to pie, you’re bound to find someone who’s adept at rolling out dough.
They’re pure comfort food. Pies give everyone the warm fuzzies. They remind us of our grandmothers and of a time when things were made from scratch.
They encourage guests to mingle, especially if you put a different type of pie at each table. This encourages guests to find the table with their favourite flavour and chat with guests at the same time.
They’re different. Everyone expects wedding cake. Who expects delicious, mouth-watering pie?
You can highlight some of the local fruits in your area. Bake them when the fruit is in season and freeze them or enlist a local bakery.
Variety.
And last but not least, can anyone say leftovers?
wow. i saw the two cakes in the pie picture and knew IMMEDIATELY that they were from freeport bakery in sacramento. *stomach growls*
this post it’s making me think of blueberry pie and vanilla ice cream…i’d go for that over most wedding cake.
FH and I are seriously considering adding pie if we do the cake buffet
It’s so nice to know that others are doing or have done wedding pies. I think we may choose 3 or 4 flavors, but I just can’t decide on how to serve. Have them precut and have the servers place the whole pies on the tables? Precut slices that are passed out with ice cream? Dessert table and add a few extras like cookies?
My tummy is growling!
oooh…pie…what a cute idea! I’d probably do a mixed desserts buffet if I were to include pie though.
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Age and Occupation: 24, Stay at home fiance (formerly in nonprofit communications)
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Web site developer and designer; co-owner of men's skincare shop
Engagement Date: August 10, 2008
Wedding Date: August, 2009
Venue: Oakland Manor
About Me: I'm a Maryland raised environmental policy wonk/activist/organizer and communications aficionado. In the past year I've lived in Baltimore, MD, Tucson, AZ, Miami, FL and Lancaster, England. In my not so spare time I enjoy planning trips with Mr. D' Orsay, visiting friends and family and crafting like a mo-fo. I also enjoy modern dance classes, rugby and soccer but have been banned by my mother, MOHs, and Mr. D' Orsay from playing till after the wedding. I have an unnatural addiction to cheese and shoes, but love Mr. D' Orsay more than either and can't wait to become Mrs. D' Orsay!
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