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My parents and I spent the Easter weekend in the lovely town of Fredericksburg, TX. One of our stops was actually in Stonewall at the Sauer-Beckman living history farm where they were preparing for Easter the old fashioned way. Along with the naturally dyed eggs, they had prepared a lamb cake just like my Grandmama always made for Easter. She would frost it in white and sprinkle the frosting with coconut. Black jelly beans, cut in half served as eyes with the end of a pink jelly bean for a nose. The cake rested on a bed of dyed green coconut with multi-colored jelly beans nested in it. The cake was always so pretty that no one wanted to cut it. I have that pan now, and have used it once. Next year, I'm going to make Grandmama's cake again. I'd love to hear special Easter memories that others may have!