A sweater and a recipe

I have a love/hate relationship with finishing a knitting project. I love the completion, but I hate now having nothing on my needles. I usually spend the first day after finishing a project wandering through the house, wondering what I'll knit next. It's  just comforting to know there's something on my needles for me to sit and work on when I get a spare minute.

Anyway, this February Lady sweater is for me! I love brown and have just the skirt to wear with it. The yarn is Lion Brand Cotton-ease, which I love and which is sinfully reasonable, especially when you take advantage of a Michael's or AC Moore sale. This sweater cost me $16 to knit.

Now for the recipe. After posting the photo of the "Auntie Bea's Torte" the other day, I received a request for the recipe. I'm happy to share it. Auntie Bea wasn't my aunt; she was my good friend's aunt. She was 100% Swedish, from New Sweden, Maine, and she could bake up a storm, apparently, judging from this recipe.

Auntie Bea's Tarta (Torte)

1/2 c. butter or margarine

1/2 c. sugar

 4 egg yolks

1 t. vanilla

1 c. cake flour

1 t. baking powder

1/4 t. salt

5 T. milk

4 egg whites

1 c. sugar

chopped walnuts

fresh fruit

Cream together butter and 1/2 c. sugar. Add egg yolks, well beaten, and vanilla.

Stir together cake flour, baking powder, and salt. Add alternately with milk.

Spread into two 8-inch pans. (I grease the bottom only of each pan, then line the bottom only with baker's parchment paper.)

Beat egg whites until stiff; add 1 c. sugar gradually. Spread over each layer and cover with chopped nuts.

Bake 1/2 hour at 325°.

Turn out carefully. Cool. Put together with fresh fruit (sliced peaches, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries....) and whipped cream or any cream filling.