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we've been making this for years .. we call it \" Opening Day Joe Cake \".. we made it one year for opening day NJ trout season and this guy named Joe was there the 1st time we make it .. and came back every year after just for the cake .. he didn't even go fishing.<\/p>","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2019-11-29","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanMagnet"},"reviewBody":"This looks fantastic. I can't wait to try it, but where does the second roll of crescent dough fit in? 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