Por alguma razão, o código a seguir produz XML que não contém uma declaração:

        XDocument xDocument = new XDocument(new XDeclaration("1.0", "utf-8", "yes"),
            new XElement("project",
                new XAttribute("number", project.ProjectNumber),
                new XElement("store",
                    new XAttribute("number", project.StoreNumber)
                ),

                // User Element
                new XElement("user", 
                    new XAttribute("owner-id", project.OwnerID ?? 0),
                    new XElement("email", new XCData(project.OwnerEmail ?? "")),
                    new XElement("project-name", new XCData(project.ProjectName ?? ""))
                ),

                // Nested Project Element
                new XElement("nested-project", 
                    new XAttribute("version", new Version(1, 0)),
                    new XElement("project", 
                        new XAttribute("version", new Version(1, 0)),
                        xProjectItems = new XElement("project-items")
                    ),
                    new XElement("price-per-part", project.PricePerPart),
                    new XElement("sheet-quantity", project.SheetQuantity),
                    new XElement("edge-length", project.EdgeLength),
                    new XElement("price", project.Price),
                    new XElement("status", project.Status),
                    xMaterialItems = new XElement("alternative-material-items"),
                    xProductItems = new XElement("project-product-items")
                )
            )
        );

        String strXML = xDocument.ToString();

Produziu uma declaração antes. Estou perdendo algo óbvio?

Obrigado