Skip to main content

The Lamb Cake

This was the first Good Friday I think I've ever worked.  It used to be a holiday for us, but when your company buys another company, not all good things come from it.  For the Polish, Easter is a bigger holiday than Christmas.  I was sitting in my office thinking about how there would be no Polish sausage, no lamb butter (in the shape of a lamb), and no lamb cake (again, no lambs harmed in making of cake).  I figured there had to be somewhere close by that I could get a lamb cake mold.  I started out calling the local craft stores, Hobby Lobby, Michael's, Jo-Ann's.  No luck.  Next, a google search.  I could order one from Amazon, but it wouldn't deliver until after Easter.  Finally, local bakeries and baking supply stores.  Success!  A baking supply store 45 miles from work had one vintage 3-D lamb cake pan.  I took a long lunch and for $5, and half a tank of gas, here he is!

Saturday was the day.  I googled a lot of recipes, and saw a lot of fails.  I went with the one that seemed to have the highest success rate and followed the recipe exactly.  I didn't want the head to fall off when I was taking it our of the mold.  And guess what?  It worked!.
I let it cool for hours to make sure I would have issues with his face sliding off when I frosted it.  In the meantime, I made the frosting which ended up being enough to frost a real lamb.  This is after the lamb, and an additional cake were completed.
And yes, I made an additional cake thinking I would use up the rest of the frosting.  Note to self, next time 1/4 the recipe.  I should have known and 8-10 cups of powdered sugar it was too much.

I was going to just slap the frosting on it, but then my brother reminded me that it wouldn't be authentic.  (Thanks for that)  So off to Wal-Mart for disposable tips and piping bags.  In the end, I'm glad I did because I wouldn't have been as happy with the finished product.
He kind of looks like a poodle, but he was delicious!  I found some Polish sausage in my freezer, and because I hadn't punished myself enough with the hours of baking, made a few dozen pierogi.
I ended up having a somewhat traditional Polish Easter for the first time in years, and have some leftover pierogi to get me through a few months.

Oh and don't ask me to bake anything until at least next Easter.

Comments

  1. UnknownMay 18, 2017 at 2:25 PM

    Haha, this made me chuckle. Yes, Easter is a big thing if you're Polish. I remember Uncle Ralph teasing your dad every year about his $100 ham. It wouldn't be Easter without the lamb cake/butter and Polish sausage. Nice job on the cake.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

I like to have hobbies.   Sometimes I have a hard time sticking with one, or I get frustrated, but I like to stay busy.   Texas is hot, so in the summer if I’m not in the pool, I’m in the a/c.   The husband also works a couple weekends a month, so having something to pass the time when it’s just me and the kitties is always a good thing. I have a pretty decent sewing machine, and last year I decided it was time to be a quilter.   How hard can it be?   Let’s just say harder than I thought.   The one my brother and sister in law were gifted with is associated with a good amount of swearing, and as I told them, just don’t look at it too closely.   Since then my only real attempt at sewing anything was some panels and a valance for a friend at work.   They actually came out pretty good, but it didn’t give me the confidence to do more.   I’ve made a few aromatherapy rice bags (disclosure: I don’t use my YLEO oils on these, only the cheapies),...
3 comments
Read more

Cat/Dog

So I said I got a little jerk kitten for Bailey, right?  Well needless to say Bailey has hated him from day one.  He's just a cranky old man (14!) and he'd rather not be bothered.  Jax on the other hand is a bit crazy.  When I got Jake and Bailey, they were about 6 months old and so sweet.  They slept all the time, they cuddled.  They were the perfect kittens.  I'm pretty sure Jax was broken.  First, I adopted him from a rescue who gave him a clean bill of health.  I took him to my vet the next day to find ring worm, and intestinal infection, and an upper respiratory infection.  Oh, and he had fleas.  He was a dirty little thing but he was so stinkin cute.  He never sat still long enough to get any good pictures, but you can see the spot on his face and the tips of his ears where the ring worm was.  This meant forcing a syringe full of gross, sticky medicine down his throat everyday for a month, and flea bombing the ho...
Post a Comment
Read more