It is a family tradition to make an obscene amount of pies and then invite friends over to share.  We have a great time making them but the real fun is the PIE PARTY!!

Rolling out dough

Pumpkin pies

Pressing dough

Pecan pie

Pumpkin pie (I like to use cream instead of milk and it makes it so smooth and delicious)

My dough helper

This is a nutella pie

Topped with strawberries

Topped with more nutella cream

Cherry pie (love homemade cherry pie!)

Awesome friends, the Ryvers!

I got a moment to sit and relax.

Lissy and her daddy.

SOOO many pies!

And more pies.

Serving up.

Cream cheese pecan pie drizzled with chocolate.

Lemon meringue pie

Macadamia Nut and Coconut crusted Chocolate Cream Pie

Making pie dough

Finished dough

Making the creme brulee for the chocolate berry tart

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Carl and April

10:20 AM

I know these aren't desserts but it was wonderful and I wanted to share.  We had so much fun preparing with the kids.

We had our friends join us for dinner.  It was a joint effort and together it made an amazing feast!

French 3 onion Soup.  Carl made the stock and it was AMAZING!

Maple Glazed Squash and Cranberry Salad with Cider dressing.

Local Honey Brined, Apple Smoked Turkey only an hour into the cooking.

Green Beans with Cream Sauce topped with Fried Leeks.

OK, so as I was getting the great pictures I realized that we didn't actually take pictures of all the food so I will list the rest here.  You will just have to imagine it.

We also had: 

 Macadamia Coconut Crusted Sweet Potatoes

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Rosemary Roasted Cashews

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta

Stuffing

Brined and Roasted Turkey (yes we had 2 turkeys)

Daddies dinner rolls

Sparkling Juices

Following are pics of the prep, it was so fun having the kiddos in the kitchen.

Stock simmering

Ha-Na was helping put the stock together.

MJ was making the cream sauce for the green beans.

Photo bomb while making the macadamia coconut crust for our sweet potatoes.

Even Lissy dressed for the occasion. 

Sisters who love cooking!

Seasoning the Sweet potatoes.

She can't wait for them to cook before diving in.

Sweating the onions.

Making his roasted brussel sprouts with pancetta.

Spicy Cashews

Turkey is soaking up the flavor.

The soup is coming together.

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Carl and April

7:27 AM

This cake was for a girls Luau Party

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Carl and April

2:31 PM

I do every flavor of cheesecake. The cake in this picture is my white chocolate raspberry cheesecake with chocolate crust, covered in chocolate rasberry ganache.

This cake is a four layer chocolate cake with orange chiffon filling, ganache icing and candied orange rind to top it off.

Double chocolate malt cake with chocolate cream filling and icing topped with malt balls.

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Caramel cake with browned butter frosting crowned with various candy bar treats.

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Carl and April

12:50 PM