Crocheted Play Food Cake – FREE PATTERN

My daughters have always loved to play kitchen, cafe and house. Play food has been a constant in our house for years because of this. The cheap plastic kind always rubbed me the wrong way. I wanted something more… I don’t know… CUTE!

Over the years I have added all sorts of crocheted play food to my kids’ play kitchen. I tend to gravitate to making my own patterns because I like them made from cost-efficient yarn and designed to be the perfect scale for my kids’ small hands.

Today’s “Featured Pattern Friday” is my very own! It’s a pattern that works up quickly with either bulky weight yarn or by holding 2 strands of #4 worsted weight yarn together.

My daughter, Georgia, also LOVES this cake! Its perfect for play because it has a little slice out of it. She can “cut” her cake, and then serve her customers the slice!

It is also a no stuff design which makes it solid and rigid, so it holds its shape perfectly!

Materials:

• Worsted weight yarn (hold two pieces together) or super bulky yarn in cake color and icing color.
• Worsted weight yarn in white for “whipped topping”
• Yarn needle
• Hot glue
• G and J hook

Notes/Gauge:

Gauge not important

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Pattern:

Cake

Make 4 in cake color and 1 in icing color.

1.) Sc 5 in magic ring, (5 st)

2.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in each around, ch 2 and turn (10)

3.) Ch 1 and turn, *sc 1, 2 sc in next* 5 times, ch 1 and turn (15 st)

4.) Ch 1 and turn *sc 2, 2 sc in next* 5 times (20 st)

5.) Ch 1 and turn, *sc 3, 2 sc in next* 5 times (25 st)

6.) Ch 1 and turn, *sc 4, 2 sc in next* 5 times (30 st)

7.) Ch 1 and turn, sc in each sc around, finish off and weave in ends (30 st)

Slice

Make 4 in cake color and 1 in icing color.

1.) Ch 2 in second chain from hook (1^st ch made) work 2 sc (2 st)

2.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 1 (3 st)

3.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 2 (4 st)

4.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 3 (5 st)

5.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 4 (6 st)

6.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 5 (7 st)

7.) Ch 1 and turn, 2 sc in first, sc 6 (8 st)

Finish off and weave in all ends

Cake Icing

Make 1 in icing color.

Work same as the cake then:

8-11.)   sc in each sc (30 st)

Finish off and weave in all ends

Slice Icing

Make one in icing color.

Work same as the slice then:

8-11.) sc in each sc (8 st)

Finish off and weave in all ends

Whipped cream

Make 6 in white.

G hook (worsted weight yarn only – not bulky)

1.) (BASE OF WHIPPED TOPPING) work in rounds: 6 sc in magic ring, slst to join (6 st)

2.) Ch 1, 5 sc in each sc, slst to join (30 st)

3.) (SWIRL OF WHIPPED TOPPING) ch 6, in second chain from hook slst, 3 sc in next 4, finish off

Arrange the swirl part above the base of the whipped topping and sew to secure, tie off to secure

Assembly:

Align and sew or hot glue pieces together on top of each other in this order:

For main cake:

Use “cake” layers:

• TOP OF CAKE
• Cake color
• Cake color
• Icing color
• Cake color
• Cake color
• BOTTOM OF CAKE

For slice:

Use “slice” layers.

• TOP
• Cake color
• Cake color
• Icing color
• Cake color
• Cake color
• BOTTOM

Then, take the icing pieces and sew or hot glue them on top, wrapping the sides around to cover the raw edges of the exterior of the cake.

Hot glue or sew the whipped cream clusters on top as show in the picture

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