I’m certain there’s a way to cut a perfect slice of pie… and I’m just as certain that I have no idea what it is. Honestly. I can’t seem to get a picture perfect slice of pie to save my life. But I know there must be a way because I see pictures of pie slices that look, well, perfect. Sadly mine do not. But we’ll just have to live with my “rustic” looking slice :) As previously posted, I made three of my absolute best pies this Thanksgiving. One was a coconut custard pie and one was this truly incredible french silk chocolate pie. It’s rich, full of flavor, can be dressed up elegantly for a holiday table or dressed down for a barbecue. Best of all, it’s easy and soooooo good!
I think I’ve mentioned a time or ten that I’m not a big fan of chocolate ;-) I made other desserts for Thanksgiving but I wanted something special that I knew DH and the kids would rave over… and what else could I choose besides something chocolate. I remember one time many years ago DH and I were out on a date and I found out his favorite pie is French Silk Chocolate. I considered it odd that a grown man would love what I thought was “chocolate pudding pie” but years later, I now know I was totally wrong and that French Silk Chocolate is not at all the same at chocolate pudding! LOL. It’s lighter than pudding… but not light as mousse.
If you decide to make this pie (and I most surely hope you do!) my one piece of advice would be the following… when you think you’ve mixed it enough…. you haven’t, keep mixing! This goes for creaming the butter and sugar… and it goes for adding the eggs. Because I wanted the creamiest, lightest mouthfeel possible, I used caster sugar since it’s so very fine and blends pretty easily. Even so, I decided to mix, mix, mix a long time. But the end result was certainly worth it :) This pie was indeed something special… DH loved it… the kids loved it and even a non-chocoholic like me, well I loved it too.
If you’d like the recipe, click here. I added a layer of freshly whipped cream (sweetened with a touch of vanilla sugar) and some freshly grated chocolate over the whole pie. I’m so glad I made it – being that it’s DH’s favorite I have a sneaky feeling he’ll ask me to make it again. Today is our wedding anniversary… maybe I shoulda saved this pie for tonight? Naaaaaah, never postpone dessert ;-)
Have a delicious day!
Um yes, I’ll have a slice. Or two. I’m going to make this asap!
Wow, this pie looks silky and smooth. So smooth and creamy.
That’s a great looking pie! Happy Anniversary!
~ingrid
This looks wonderful! Oddly enough, chocolate pie is the only kind of pie that I actually like. I’ll tolerate some other kinds of pie, but chocolate is the only kind I ever actually look forward to.
Happy Anniversary, Em! Your husband is one lucky, well-fed man. lol This pie looks fantastic, and your slice looks great.
This is a beautiful picture of the pie! Sounds soooo good!
I just made something extremely similar from PW’s cooking site. She up’s the amount of some ingredients so it was very rich & had a cheesecake texture-it was delicious!
Happy Anniversary! That pie looks delicious…I may have to try it this weekend!
That pie looks so good. It’s one of my favorites! You have a great blog and I really enjoy it since I love to bake!!!
This looks so beautiful and decadent!
The picture perfect pies in magazines are not real food. Food photographers use all sorts of tricks like soap suds, paint,oil for shine, and glue are justto make their food look good. Your pictures are of natural real food. Feel proud of what you have done. they look yummy!!
what a fabulous picture! that is one dreamy looking pie!