a knitting interruption for some food

I spent most of the day today baking & cooking, not knitting. I made this:

The edges of the cake aren’t perfect, but the taste? Delish. You too can make this banana layer cake (and if you use 9-inch pans, as the recipe calls for, you might be able to make it the 4 layers it’s supposed to be). We made this for our Christmas Eve party, and I had been wanting to make it again. I had a bunch of overripe bananas and saw my opportunity. There’s nothing quite like the salty pecans with the caramel-laden cream. Mmmm, salt and caramel. (Speaking of which, this company makes the most amazing chocolate truffles, my favorite being the one filled with silky caramel that has sea salt on top. Oh, how I recommend it. From what I can tell, all the boxes contain at least one salt-caramel, and currently he only sells the mixed boxes. Occasionally a box appears at the office, and I race over to claim this one for myself.)

I also made fried rice, for lunch for the week (should make 4 meals at least!), and a roast chicken, for dinner tonight. I was so exhausted that when I sat down to knit while the chicken was roasting, I just plopped down and fell asleep with my row counter clutched in my hand and parts of the Sunrise Circle Jacket strewn about me. I’m about 30 rows from the end of the second front, and the ssks are looking good. I’m thrilled with the results of my test.