Wednesday, February 27, 2008

This is like the polish holy grail

There we are, 3 generations of Wroblewski men with a very sought after item in the clutches of my very proud father. Every year for Easter my dad makes a lamb cake which always seems to make just such a lovely centerpiece for the table, not to mention an awesome conversation piece for me and my brother. We usually argue and joke about which of us will be the lucky one to eat the ass of the lamb and talk about how well the lamb was decorated, all joking aside it does have a very special place in our hearts and at the table during Easter. My dad makes the lamb cake himself with medium to low quality stamped metal lamb mold that you can buy just about anywhere. Its always a little tricky to make because of the quality of the mold not distributing the heat evenly. My dad has always talked about wanting a cast iron lamb cake mold, and for years i've been looking for one to buy him. Every time I found one the price was too high and it was of poor quality. A couple of weeks ago I came across one on ebay that I just couldn't pass up. Needless to say I bid on it and I won. Once I received the lamb cake mold I really wanted to give it that final touch for my dad. I took it to work and used one of the machines to engrave it, it reads: " To : Grandpa Love : Aimee and Daniel " When my dad saw it he was blown away and I think that it was all the more special because it was a gift from his grandkids. I dont know if the lamb cake at Easter is a polish tradition or if everyone does it, but I know it's a tradition that im going to keep and pass on to my kids.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brian,
I was absolutely thrilled with the lamb. It was very thoughtful of you and Liz to get it for me. The engraving makes it all the more special.
Love,Dad

Yoli said...

You are so good at the special touch thing Bri. Great job.

Lunatic Biker said...

Can I be frank? Although I'm sure Johnny Boy tries hard enough...I just can't see where his cake could even come close to the pound cakes his mother made in a similar cake pan. Nice find Rasta. Thank God for E-bay.

Yoli said...

Although this is an old entry, I must give John mad props for his Democratically correct cakes this year. Not only did they both look great, Obama cake tasted AWESOME although I do not want people to assume I vote what I eat.

Ben said...

It's time for a new blog post. Brian!!!!! Where are you?????

Maybe something about the changing weather, cheap beer, funny movies... something!

(everyone with me now)
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