I feel like my Birthday crept up on me this year.There has been so much crazy stuff going on, and so many changes, including my kitchen remodel that just wrapped up a couple weeks back (thank goodness) that I forget what month we are in.  But I still decided to make a birthday cake this year and give the new oven a go baking a larger cake.  My old oven was a little touchy and sometimes would malfunction, but this one seems to work great and I am grateful to be able to use it from now on.  I baked a mug cake with sprinkles last Friday, but that was my test cake before the Birthday cake, so this one was the first full sized one I have made.This year I decided to make a roll cake.

This past year has pretty been the year of the roll cakes for me, I have fallen in love with them.Funny, because I used to be so intimidated by them in the past and now I find them easier and faster to make than a traditional layer cake.  I wanted something with coffee, so I made a mocha cake this time!  Chocolate and coffee are a match made in heaven after all!  For the cake portion, I like to use my date sweetened cakes for the roll cake, because they are a bit more forgiving and pliable.  Plus I just like date sweetened cakes in general.  The dates give the cake a slight caramel flavor, similar to how brown sugar would.I just added some of my favorit

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