"Sing a song of sixpense, a pocket full of rye, four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie. When the pie was opened the birds began to sing, Oh wasn't that a danty dish to set before a king?..." I just couldn't get that song out of my head when I was baking this Blackberry Pie (not Blackbird Pie) for my neighbor.I made those lovely cut-outs with cutter made especially for cutting pie pastry. They are a bluebird, a cherry and a leaf. Instead of just using them for venting your pie, you could also use them to decorate the edges of your pie crust. You'd have to double your pie crust recipe to get enough cut-outs to cover the edges.
2009 Photo by Carroll Pellegrinelli, licensed to About.com
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I tried your hot fudge icing and left it on the stove until the confectioners sugar was melted and then I poured it on my hot cake. The consistency was like water, but the taste was wonderful. What did I do wrong? Was the consistency supposed to be liquid??