In for a penny, in for a pound

Like I said before, my friend wanted a chocolate cake for her birthday, and she got it!



Now, if you're comparing my cake to the one from Pastrywhiz, you can stop reading my blog.





I made it from scratch. The cake part (more like a brownie), the ganache, the mousse, the chocolate ribbon surrounding the cake. The only part I did not make by scratch is the raspberry jam. And I did not grow the fruit myself. My arms are killing me. Needless (and needle less) to say, i did not knit last night. I was covered from fingertip to elbows in chocolate.

My friend thoroughly enjoyed the cake. As did I, so I get to keep my Righteous Woman's Union Card. The finished product was HEAVY. I would guess it weighed in at about 15 lbs. I used between 3-4 lbs of chocolate for this one! I brought home a bit of it to share with my knitting crew, so they can weigh in their opinions later. I'm thoroughly impressed with myself right now, as I didn't really think I would be able to pull this sucker off.

Go see how Cathi lovingly referred to her progeny. I'll trade her one of her BWB's for one of these...


a floor cleaning model! I suppose I can't trade away my friend's kid, huh?

While we're on the topic of trading... has anyone else seen this game? You can win stuff. Like Jimmy Choos. Nuff said.

I'm hoping to have some knitting progress to blog about soon. Going over to Stacey's tomorrow evening for a tutorial on sock knitting and to watch the ER. The weekend is busy, since I have a wedding, hot yoga, and a floor cleaning bitch's friend's kid's birthday celebration to attend. His mom gets cake, he gets duplos.