Pi within a Pie

I love baking.  I love math.  I love Pi Day!  When cooking/baking, I usually just try to make it taste good, but this year I wanted to make something that looked cool and tasted great.  I was inspired by the recent “cookie within a cookie” brilliance, and I decided that I needed to figure out how to put π into a pie.  

Step 1

While brainstorming, this is the exact image that popped into my head….I just needed to find a way to make it happen!  I settled on a peanut butter pie with a chocolate π ring almost immediately.  I thought it would be relatively easy to dig trenches in the pie, and chocolate ganache seemed like an ideal filling.  First up: crust!

Comments

[Chimex14]

I heard you like pi, so i put pi in your pie so u can enjoy pie while u enjoy pi.

i just had to do that, the set up was too perfect.

[SarahPy]

Haha yes! I wish I could say that Xzibit was my inspiration, but I didn't even know about it until my brother said something to me.

[GrKe]

Nerdiness, puns, and pies! Can this get any better? :D Thank you for sharing!

[Wesley666]

This reminds me of the first 8 seconds of this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKB4h9gvmm0

[Eirwyn]

Thank you Stumbleupon for showing me this deliciousness!

[dembry]

Can you make one that's sugar-free for those of us who are pi-abetic? :D

[SarahPy]

I don't have a lot of experience with "pi-abetic" cooking or baking, but as a scientist, I love to experiment! I'll have to get back to you on that one...

[ShrimpSaladCircus]

Looooove this - so clever!!!

[SarahPy]

Thanks!! This might be the most artistic thing you'll ever see me do. :)

[ap11639]

Very Creative and Imaginative! Looks wonderful!

A Cheektowaga observer.....

[SarahPy]

I'm so glad you liked it! It's fun to know that baking is in my genes! :)

[Pyszczd]

Phenomenol Pi

Unbiased observer - Dr Py

[SarahPy]

I wonder who this could be! Thanks, Dad! ;)

[bobbob888]

you have got a ton if friends or something! almost 8000 views! yikes!!

[SarahPy]

I'm totally shocked by the number of views!! I don't how people are finding this....I thought I'd be lucky to break 100. :)

[scarabdrowner]

StumbleUpon. It's how I got here ^_^

[SarahPy]

That's awesome! A huge "Thanks!" to whomever stumbled upon this first, and many thanks to those who keep on coming. :) I hope people have as much fun looking at it as I had making it!

[cdks]

i am now starving!!!! looks delicious sarah :-)

[SarahPy]

Thanks, C! ;)

[justme084]

Hi! i really loved the pie! xD is so geek and fun hahaha, but i can give you an advice, when you will go to cook, and make a tutorial, i recommend you that don't use your nails in color, use them in natural, because that looks insanitary ^^

[GoGreenGirls]

she is 1st place for right now on the pi contest i wish you luck

[ilike3make]

Actually, no The (App) le Pi my brothers has 2 votes, this has one, which came from me.

[SarahPy]

If I ever do this again, I'll definitely keep that in mind. It shouldn't be a problem, though -- as I noted, this is not my usual look! :) I'm glad you liked the pie!

[gourmetlicious]

Thanks for sharing! Amazing pie especially for my mathematician friends:)

[SarahPy]

I'm glad you enjoyed it - thanks!

[airickuh]

This looks mathmagical! and delicious, you have piqued my curiosity on 2 fronts! excellent work!!

[edbaby]

It's mathmagicaly delicious!

[SarahPy]

Awesome - thanks!

[SarahPy]

"Mathmagical" is my new favorite word -- thanks!

[airickuh]

happy to share :) It's only fair, you share your delish peanutbutter Pi with us ;)

[DELETED_jorgegunn]

how clever

[SarahPy]

Thanks!

[starshipminivan]

It looks tasty! And the Pi inside is fantastic!

[SarahPy]

Thank you! :)

[caarntedd]

Excellent work.

[SarahPy]

Thanks!!

[rschack]

That's cool. Looks really good too.

[SarahPy]

Thanks! It was delicious - even the guests who don't love peanut butter agreed.

[TRANSLTR]

Just brilliant. I'm going to make this for my sons birthday. He knows Pi to 32 places (seems to go up every week).

[SarahPy]

That's awesome! I hope it turns out well. :) Happy birthday to your son!