Leslie’s house – December 3, 2009

We met at Leslie’s house and ate some yummy pineapple cake with cream cheese icing for Julie’s 50th birthday.  The cake was so good that everyone wanted the recipe, so here it is:

Cake:

2 eggs
1 20-oz can crushed pineapple, undrained
2 c. flour
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
2 t. baking soda
1 c. chopped walnuts

In mixing bowl beat the eggs until fluffy.  Add the pineapple, flour,
sugars and baking soda.  Mix well by hand. Stir in walnuts and spread
the batter in an ungreased 9×13 pan.  Bake at 350 until done.  30-40
min.

Frosting:
1  – 3 oz pkg cream cheese
1/4 c. butter
1 t. vanilla
2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 t. ground ginger.

(I use the whole pkg of cream cheese  🙂  )

Just the thing for a birthday snack!

We were so happy to sing to Julie and she was happy to be sung to!  Here’s the birthday girl knitting some mittens.

Let's see, I need to cast on 50 years, er...stitches.

It was a stocking kind of day.  Francy brought a Christmas stocking of a more tradtional sort…

Great striped stocking!

And Leslie showed us the Christmas stockings that she is making for her daughter Sienna and Sienna’s fiance, Ty.  Sienna’s is the…uh, sienna one…and Ty’s is the other.

Can't wait to see them with the final embellishments.

Leslie is trying to decide how to decorate the stockings to personalize them.  We love Leslie’s imagination, so we are looking forward to the finished product.

Speaking of Christmas presents, Michele brought the hats and mittens for her great niece and nephew.  Sooo adorable!  She only has one more set to go and then she can mail them off!

Two down! One to go!

Here are the yarns that Michele is using for the third set of mittens and hat for the baby.  Love the colors.

Last little set on the way!

I finally finished my fingerless gloves and am knitting a matching headband.  I like how they turned out, even though they won’t keep my fingers very warm.  But I can unlock the door!

These cables were fun and easy to make.

Mary is knitting a hat for her son whose nose was just a leetle bit out of joint from all the knitted presents that Mary has knitted for his wife and sister.  Well, girls are easier to knit for than boys, right Mary?  Anyway, he should be happier now that Mom has something special for him.

Making something special for her baby boy, the lawyer.

Deb was here showing off the scarf that she finished for a friend.  Pretty slinky, Deb!  What are you going to knit next?

Ooh, la la.

We had a great time, eating, drinking, and comparing our projects.  I can’t believe that Christmas is so close!  We really missed Marylane and Carol, but hope to see them next week when we’ll meet at Marsha’s house.  In closing, here are some other snaps from a fun afternoon.

Julie and Michele glance through Marsha's 'Hip Knit Hats' book.

Mary in front of Leslie's heirloom Christmas tree skirt.

Sorry Francy, but this looked like a good fish tale!

Now, how BIG was it?