Feliz Día de Los Reyes
On the 12th day of Christmas we celebrate the arrival the three wise men to Bethlehem with their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh for the little baby Jesus!
In our family the family gets together and everyone cuts a piece of the Rosca de Reyes. Then the person who finds the baby Jesus inside their piece is then responsible for hosting the family dinner on February 2nd for Día de la Candelaria (Candle Mass). I’ve recently heard traditionally the person is just supposed to bring tamales, but hosting dinner seems more fun. Baking baby Jesus into our Rosca is to symbolize having to hide him from King Herod!
We also always have Chocolate Caliente with our Rosca!
It’s similar to the common hot chocolate but BETTER! No marshmallows needed here!
As long as I’ve been with Mark he ALWAYS get baby Jesus! I told him tonight it’s probably because he still hasn’t hosted the dinner… so something may be in the works for this year!
I planned to attempt making our Rosca this year; but after seeing the ingredients I didn’t feel I was quite up to the job. I’m glad I didn’t… although I’ll probably try for Mardi Gras. We decided to buy ours at the Phoenix Ranch Market. I can honestly say it was the BEST Rosca I have ever tasted. The fruit was so soft and fresh and the glaze on the bread was delicious! I’m taking it to work tomorrow, and Mark told me not to bring it back because we could have easily eaten the entire thing tonight!
Feliz Día de Los Reyes!
So there were two of you, what would have happened if no one found the baby Jesus? Cut another piece?
I guess we would =P but Mark always gets it the 1st try. And there is usually a few baby Jesus’ in the Rosca.