Fat Tuesday, Paczki Day

A long line of customers wait to enter the New Martha Washington Bakery to purchase their paczki.

Landon Taylor, 8, of Flat Rock takes a bite of his plain sugar paczek as his grandmother Margaret Gonzalez, (l), and Melissa Schaf of Taylor looks on at New Martha Washington Bakery.

A large crowd came out to buy their paczki at New Martha Washington Bakery on Tuesday, March 5.

Koleen Schaf, (l), of Tayor and Caroline Stokes, (r), of West Bloomfield wait in line to purchase their paczki at New Martha Washington Bakery.

Phil Warren, 33, prepares to fry a batch of paczki.

Petrisha Bakic, 28, applies glaze to a batch of bavarian cream paczki.

Ivanka Petrovic, co-owner of the bakery applies chocolate fudge on a Boston Cream paczek.

Ivanka Petrovic, co-owner of the bakery applies chocolate fudge on a Boston Cream paczek.

A tray of Boston Cream with chocolate fudge paczki are ready for purchase.

Erin Harris, 26, of Hamtramck displays a dozen of paczki that she will be taking to work for her colleagues.