My boss, Nancy, has an appreciation for my knitting fetish. She's an avid reader of this blog, even contributing to it. She's received a piece or two of my knitted work and really seems to have enjoyed getting homemade things. So when it was time to figure out something to give her for her recent birthday, knitting her a piece of cake was a natural choice. Since I had made so many pieces of cake from the same pattern when I knit about 20 for everyone in my office, I thought I'd turn to a new pattern. Susan Penny , a UK multi-crafter and pattern designer, has created a book entitled Knitted Cakes . The photo on the front intrigued me so this is the piece of cake I decided to knit for Nancy. It is a gateau , that is a chocolate sponge cake with a fluffy buttercream filling and lavish toppings, i.e. a chocolate ganache frosting with buttercream swirls and a coffee bean or min...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.