You guys have no idea how hard it is to find really good, sexy pirate pics. This was the best I could do this time around.  (And I don’t know about you, but they’re inspiring me to raise the Jolly Roger & do some plundering just fine. :fanglips )

We’re continuing to party like pirates this week with a yummy swashbuckling recipe!

I’m pretty sure this is exactly what they served on real pirate ships just before those bloody marauders went a-plunderin’ & a-pillagin’. 

Drunken Pirate Rum Cake

Oops.  I mean…

Drunken Pirate Rum Cake

Cake Ingredients:

4 eggs, separated
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cake Directions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Beat egg whites until stiff.
Add 4 tablespoons of the sugar.
Beat egg yolks with remaining sugar.
Add egg whites.
Fold in dry ingredients.
Add melted butter & vanilla.
Pour into greased & floured 9 x 13 glass pan.
Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven.
Poke holes in cake.
Pour hot sauce over warm cake.
Sprinkle with chopped nuts &/or toasted coconut.

Sauce Ingredients:

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
1/2 cup rum

Sauce Directions:

Boil sugar & water to soft ball stage (235 degrees).
Remove from heat.
Add rum.
Pour over warm cake.
Before sauce is all absorbed into cake, sprinkle with nuts &/or coconut.

Now use your razor-sharp rapier to cut a slice, then dig right in with that hook you’ve got for a hand & enjoy!

Ahoy, mateys!

It’s here!  It’s finally, finally here!

(No, not MUST LOVE VAMPIRES.  Though that is right around the corner. :vamp )

National Talk Like a Pirate Day is finally here!  I’ve only been waiting for this since about September 2oth of last year!

So what have we done in the past to mark this momentous holiday?  We’ve made lists of our favorite pirate movies & books…  We’ve shared pics of our pirate—& pirate wench—costumes…  We’ve talked like pirates, of course, & named our favorite from the big screen & raunchy romantic literature…

I think we should do all of that again, if we want…especially talking like pirates.  I mean, it’s called Talk Like a Pirate Day so that’s kind of a requirement!  But otherwise, it’s a Talk Like a Pirate free-for-all!

I’m going to provide you with a recipe for some hearty pirate grog (which can also be considered our Drink of the Month, if you like) & then let me buxom beauties decide what else we should do to celebrate.

And fair warning—any swashbuckler who thinks her peg leg is too good to participate will be forced to walk the plank!

Pirate Punch

Ingredients:

32 oz. can pineapple juice
12 oz. can orange juice concentrate
6 oz. can lemonade concentrate
5 cups cold water
1 quart 7-UP

Directions:

Mix ’em up, serve, & start drinking like a pirate who can handle her…well, there’s no liquor in this, but still!  Enjoy!