Knitting basket cake
Posted on July 25th, 2007 in Cake Lounge
I have been working on a cake for a birthday party the last couple of days. The person have her own yarn shop so what would be better than to make a knitting basket cake 
I have used Patchwork Cutters to make the Basketweave emboss and used my indispensable sugar gun to make all the strands of wool.
I can highly recomend to use that tool because it makes strands, ropes and borders much easier to make.
I have paintet the basket with brown powder dust mixed with clear alcohol and I have used some barbecue sticks to do it as knitting needles.
Happy Caking
Louise
1. Minnie~Knits
July 25th, 2007 11:46 pm
I love it! Beautiful work!
2. Tia
July 26th, 2007 12:20 am
OMG.. Gorgeous!
I want one for my birthday!
3. Anonymous
July 26th, 2007 8:32 am
Congratulations, Louise !
You are a professional !
Do you already sell your cakes or it is only for friends & family ?
If not, I think it is time to start !
Andrea KOpp
4. Merissa
July 26th, 2007 12:36 pm
Your ideas are always adorable! I love getting emails to come and look at your site! Thank you!
5. Penny Sue
July 26th, 2007 5:00 pm
What a darling cake. You are so creative! I have that gun also. It is lots of fun!
6. Lien
July 26th, 2007 5:24 pm
Wow!! Fantastic!! LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
7. crafty carolinagirl
July 26th, 2007 8:34 pm
That is the cutest cake I have ever seen! It looks to good to eat.
8. Louise
July 26th, 2007 8:57 pm
Thank you all for the ever sweet words on my creations, very appriciated.
I am really pleased with the way it turned out. It can be difficult to make cakes and have the kids around you at the same time. I love my sugar gun. It can save you from pains.
Andrea, I still only make to my friends and family. As It is very hard to find the right shop and it is so expensive to. But I hope one day I can open my little cake store.
9. Surviving
July 27th, 2007 2:58 am
I love it!!! How creative of you to come up with something like this!!!
10. Anonymous
July 27th, 2007 3:14 pm
By the way, what are the knitting balls made of ? Round cakes, sugarpaste ?
akopp
11. knitathome
July 27th, 2007 4:14 pm
I want this cake for my birthday! It is PERFECT! Yarn rocks!
12. Devonshire
July 28th, 2007 3:42 pm
That is amazing. You did such a beautiful job. I bow to your skills! I am pastry cook and yarn lover so this cake is a current fav!
13. Tonya
July 28th, 2007 4:13 pm
I didn’t realize that it was a cake till I read the blurb below it that is so real looking WOW covers it you are quite the artist
so many talents to little time!
14. Louise
July 28th, 2007 9:16 pm
I am so glad that all you yarn lovers love the cake. I dont knit well I must say
The yarn balls are cake blended with buttercream rolled into shape and chilled. I have covered them with a thin layer of rolled fondant and then applied the strands of “yarn” with the sugar gun and some sugar glue.
15. Anonymous
December 6th, 2007 2:26 pm
Hi, my name is Martina, I am from Prague, Czech Republic and I also have my own yarn shop and such a cake would make me a great pleasure!
It´s really a wonderful work, very professinal, super done!
16. Lisa
July 29th, 2008 5:42 pm
Hi wow wow wow how did you make the basket excellent job!!!!
17. Louise
July 31st, 2008 9:07 pm
Hi Martina: I think all yarn lovers would love it:-) Have a great day!
Lisa: If you stay tuned they may come a how 2 on it!!
18. Kristi LaZur
September 25th, 2008 3:42 am
Where did you get that Brown powder? What is it exactly?
19. Louise
September 26th, 2008 10:25 pm
Kristi LaZur: it is petal powder that I have mixed with clear alcohol. You can get petal powder in most cake decorating shops.