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Celebrating Día de Los Reyes with friends and family

Published: Jan 6, 2012 by Maura Wall Hernandez · This post may contain affiliate links · 5 Comments

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¡Feliz Día de Los Reyes a todos!

We took a long vacation with family for the holidays and part of our trip included a day in Ensenada, located on the West coast of Mexico in the state of Baja California (the northern part of the peninsula, a little more than 70 miles south of Tijuana).

Since we wouldn't be together on Día de Los Reyes, we found a little rosca to celebrate a few days before. And guess who got el niño Jesus... again. I swear it's a conspiracy because I get the baby in my piece of cake every single year. The rosca was so small that I didn't even think there would be a baby inside, but there he was when I broke my piece off. Guess I'll just have to make tamales for Día de La Candelaria on February 2!

Read more about how we celebrate Día de Los Reyes here on The Other Side of The Tortilla and check out the links below to see how some of our friends celebrate as well. If you haven't celebrated yet, it's not too late. Even if you can't buy a rosca, you can certainly try making one on your own! You can also serve Mexican hot chocolate or champurrado alongside your cake.

RECIPES FROM OUR FRIENDS
Rosca de Reyes from Leslie at La Cocina de Leslie
Rosca de Reyes with cranberry-almond filling and eggnog glaze from Yvette at Muy Bueno Cookbook

HOW SOME OF OUR FRIENDS CELEBRATE WITH THEIR FAMILIES
Cutting the Rosca de Reyes from Silvia at Mamá Latina Tips
Villancicos for Los Reyes from Monica at Mommy Maestra
Celebrating new and old traditions for Día de Los Reyes from Nadia at Justice Jonesie
Making my first roscón from María Amelia at Mommylogue

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  1. Leslie @ La Cocina de Leslie says

    January 07, 2012 at 11:10 am

    That mini-Rosca de Reyes is too darn cute!

    Lucky you for finding El Niño Dios. Yes, it means you have to make the tamales for El Dia de la Candelaria, but it also means you well be blessed all year long. 🙂

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  2. Yvette ~ Muy Bueno says

    January 07, 2012 at 4:53 pm

    Thanks for sharing our recipe Maura!

    It was great celebrating Día de Los Reyes virtually with you and all the other blog hermanas.

    Have a wonderful weekend and a fantastic 2012!

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  3. perudelights says

    January 07, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    Love the round-up. And lucky you for getting baby Jesus... again!

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  4. Justice Jonesie says

    January 10, 2012 at 2:06 pm

    Loved seeing how others celebrated the day! Thanks for sharing my family's story. 🙂

    Happy New Year!

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