cupcakes and knitting and yarn oh my!
This evening I made so many cakes I couldn’t get them all in one photo. I’m staying with my wee brother in my parents’ house at the moment because my parents are in Rome for my dad’s birthday. So I took advantage of their fancy kitchen and made it a look a lot less smart. I’ve cleaned up the mess now (mostly) but it got pretty chaotic.
I have no idea when I last had such a marathon baking session, probably not since I was at school. It’s been a while since I had an occasion that warrented it, but tomorrow is world wide knitting in public day, and we’re having a picnic. It was so much fun to go crazy with the baking, instead of restraining myself to just making what I can actually eat myself.
If you’re in Edinburgh and want to join us we’ll be knitting on Bruntsfield Links with lots of free goodies, food and plenty of people happy to help beginners. We’ll be there from 12-4, if the weather is hideous check in the Hand Knit shop to find out where we’ve found to shelter.
Please come, because I made 140 cupcakes and muffins that need eaten (my brother insisted on counting). Although we have eaten a few, easily justified by the amount of exercise we’ve been getting with my brother’s new Wii.
The green bolero is almost done, I’m working on the shoulders and then need to do the border. I’m really loving the unusualness of this bright green tweediness. The yarn is Lana Grossa Royal Tweed, unfortunately it’s been discontinued. The upside of that is that it was on sale, so this version is much more reasonably priced than the noro one was.
Thank you for all the contest entries, technically I said by midnight tonight which is in a few minutes. So lets say that you have until I post that it’s closed. If you haven’t entered yet, please do. Here’s something to tempt you, a possible prize:
Now I’m off to try and weave in all the yarn ends, or at least the visible ones, on Posie. If I raid my mum’s button box maybe I can find some buttons and wear it tomorrow. There must be some rule about wearing hand knits to a knitting event.
Posted: June 8th, 2007 under Uncategorized.
Comments: 17
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Comment from Dao
Time: June 9, 2007, 12:24 am
Oh My GOD! the cream and cupcakes looks mouth watering deliciouses! makes my sweet tooth scream~
Comment from elizabeth
Time: June 9, 2007, 12:26 am
And on that note, Elizabeth walks down to the market to buy ingredients for her own cupcakes. Yum!
Comment from Fiona
Time: June 9, 2007, 2:28 am
I don’t know if this is of any interest to you, but there’s a book out called Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, if ever you want to cater for vegan events. The main thing is, they’re all really pretty.
http://www.theppk.com/vegancupcakes.html
And there’s a cool source of cutesiepie cupcake papers here:
http://www.cakecraftshop.co.uk/shop/3/309/353/index.htm
And if you aim big big big, there’s a kugelhopf pan here:
http://www.thefrenchhouse.net/prodrange/show/2163
It’s indecently expensive, as is everything on that site but I like the idea of it.
Comment from Suzanne Muir
Time: June 9, 2007, 4:03 am
Those cupcakes and muffins constitute nothing less than internet torture. I want some! Unfortunately, it would take about 27 solid hours of flying to get to Edinburgh from here and I would not make it before every last crumb was gobbled up. I hope the KIP event is a huge success. I wonder if there is going to be one with cupcakes near here…
Comment from knittingajour
Time: June 9, 2007, 7:01 am
Great pic’s! We are knitting in the parc today in Rotterdam, and will have a “stitch n grill” and a Yarnbar.
Have fun!
Comment from Scarybez
Time: June 9, 2007, 2:11 pm
Oh my goodness - what a lot of cakes! Your parents must have a seriously big oven to handle all those, even in batches. My sister made a huge cake which fed 100 people in her aga which I thought was pretty impressive until I saw your efforts!
Have fun at the picnic. If I’d known about it before and got out of bed before midday maybe I would have come across to Edinburgh for it.
Comment from Angie
Time: June 9, 2007, 3:50 pm
Goodness, for the cupcakes alone I wish I was up in Edinburgh tomorrow! I hope the weather stays good for you (but not so hot that it melts all that yummy looking icing).
Comment from Josiane
Time: June 9, 2007, 7:11 pm
Have you seen those: http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/knit-night-cupcakes/ ? (And there’s the tutorial there: http://veganyumyum.com/2007/06/how-to-knit-marzipan/)
They would have been extremely appropriate for the WWKIP day!
Comment from Cairi
Time: June 9, 2007, 10:08 pm
NOOOO!!!!!!! why oh who do I always find these things out too late :(
I hope you had a great day and lots of people turned up and ate your cakes or you are going to have some tummy ache ;)
Comment from Cynthia
Time: June 10, 2007, 10:31 pm
Boy your wwkip knitters were lucky! I’ll bet they were delicious!
Comment from Leah
Time: June 11, 2007, 4:51 am
Dang!!! I really, really want a cupcake!
I hope you had a great day!
Comment from lechatquitricote
Time: June 11, 2007, 9:38 am
Your cupcakes look delicious! To add to the list of cupcake websites that rock, http://www.thecupcakeblog.com has amazing recipes and ideas. And I also would like to add a second endorsement to the cookbook “Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World”. Yummy…
Comment from geertje
Time: June 11, 2007, 2:11 pm
how was your wwkip day?
(i managed to miss the london events as i got up too late & then took the wrong bus ;)
Comment from Oksana
Time: June 12, 2007, 2:04 am
Yow, that’s a lotta cakes! They look so appetizing–much more so than store-bought ones. I bet they were much appreciated at the picnic!
Comment from Heather
Time: June 12, 2007, 7:07 pm
Noooooooo, how did I miss this?! I must have walked right by you guys without seeing you! Oh well, hope it went fantastically - you certainly had the weather for it - and that your cup cakes were demolished by appreciative knitters.
Comment from Sarah
Time: June 12, 2007, 10:49 pm
I must say they were wonderful cupcakes.
My church ladies guild thanks you for the box of them you sent with me. They completely disappeared at a one of the quarterly special get-togethers, which is quite an accomplishment.
Hope to see you again, soon.
Comment from ANNE
Time: August 19, 2008, 9:49 pm
Hello - your cakes look delicious!! So nice that i think you look like the kind of lady who might have the answers…… i’m getting married in Edinburgh in February and want a cupcake extravaganza. I live in London and LOVE these guys… but not sure if the cakes will travel well so looking for a local bakery…
http://www.crumbsanddoilies.co.uk/scrapbook.html
Do you know any good creative bakeries in Edinburgh where i can get 100 - 150 tasty fun cupcakes? I tried Ever So Sweet Cupcakery but had little response ?????
Thanks!
Anne
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