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Try it, the next time it was my snack day i had to make 2 pans, one for home, one for school!!!!","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-03-15","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"OliveChefHat"},"reviewBody":"PS, the BUTTERCREAM frosting is the trick... and DONT over bake..","reviewRating":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Rating","ratingValue":5,"worstRating":1,"bestRating":5}},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Review","datePublished":"2010-07-26","author":{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"Person","name":"CyanBug"},"reviewBody":"Wow what a great recipe. 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