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I mentioned in one of my TWD posts that I had made a special cake for “the Little Prince’s” first birthday celebration and promised pictures.  It is now a couple weeks after the fact, but I am very proud of my very first birthday cake effort so I still wanted to share.

I actually had some difficulty deciding what I wanted to do for his cake, it’s not like a one year old can tell you exactly what he wants his cake to look like.  After a fair amount of pondering I came up with a plan.  It’s possible that I may have gone a tad bit over board, I know he won’t remember his first birthday cake, but I wanted to do something special and I will always have the pictures to show him.

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Having just returned from my honeymoon late Sunday night, I wasn’t sure if I was going to return to TWD this week or not.  Then I saw that the recipe selected by Piggy of Piggy’s Cooking Journal was one that I had never tried before – rugelach.  I decided I was up for the challenge after all, so here I am!

Rugelach is not only something I have never made before, but it is something that I have not even eaten before.  One of the things I’m enjoying so much about TWD is that it is broadening my culinary horizons.  Thankfully, since I was somewhat short on time and rather tired, this recipe came together pretty easily, although I did manage to forget a step…

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