On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:32:38 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
wrote:

>On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 6:56:19 AM UTC-10, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Apr 2017 11:19:53 -0400, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>> >On 4/13/2017 10:41 AM, Nancy Young wrote:
>> >>>
>> >> We're bringing cauliflower gratin, asparagus, and this is a first,
>> >> Hummingbird cake.
>> >>
>> >> We're having a devil of a time catching enough hummingbirds, though.
>> >>
>> >> nancy
>> >>
>> >LOL! Hummingbird moths don't count.
>> >
>> >I was talking to my SO last night about this Easter food thread. He
>> >remmebered his grandmother used to make a lamb cake. Literally shaped
>> >like a lamb, using some sort of mold. It was white cake topped with
>> >white powdered sugar/vanilla icing and shredded coconut.
>> >
>> >He thinks he might still have the lamb cake mold somewhere. But no,
>> >he's not planning to bake a coconut lamb shaped cake.
>> >
>> >Jill
>>
>> My sister hand shredded the fresh raw coconut for that cake. It was
>> delicious.
>> Janet US
>
>This might be a stupid question - how did she shred the coconut? I know how it's done here but not how it's done on the mainland.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIKc4mRMkzk

I have no idea. I was too young (my sister was old enough to be my
mother, so a different household.) I just ate the cake and heard them
talk about fresh coconut. I remember she tinted some coconut green
and put it around the base of the cake and sprinkled the coconut with
jelly beans. You can see why I thought it was a big deal. Come to
think of it, at that age I may not have yet realized that she was my
sister.
Janet US