I’ve spent some time with Marg and Larry O’Neil both at their beautiful home in Tacoma WA, and their chock-full pole barn private cast iron museum located on farmland in the outskirts of Tacoma. Each time I see the collection, I learn more and see more; the collection seems to be never-ending. Some people believe…
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How to Make a Cake to the “Brenda” Standard with a Vintage Griswold Cast Iron Cake Mold
Cast iron collector Brenda Bernstein is a master cake-maker-baker-froster. She makes beautiful cakes and is very accomplished at using vintage cast iron cake molds. Given that Easter is just around the corner, I decided it was time to showcase Brenda’s cake talent just in case you were thinking about making an Easter lamb or rabbit…
Videos of the O’Neil Cast Iron Museum
Four videos of the 4500 square foot vintage and antique cast iron cookware museum display of Marg and Larry O’Neil of Tacoma, Washington.
Linda, the Griswold Lamb Cake Mold, and the “Brenda” Standard
In 2013, I gave Linda a Griswold Cast Iron Lamb Cake Mold for Christmas. Linda’s last name is “Lamb,” so it seemed appropriate. For the next two years, Linda repeatedly said she was going to make a lamb cake in the mold, but she procrastinated (she calls herself the “Queen of Procrastination”). When we went…