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Is it a cake? Is it a bread? King Cake is a little of both. A yeast bread that is kin to a cinnamon roll, this massive Mardi Gras treat is a must have for any Mardi Gras gathering!

When I originally published my Mardi Gras Cake recipe last year, many people confused it with a King Cake. The Mardi Gras Cake is a local family recipe from New Orleans and is something served at family gatherings rather than big Mardi Gras parties. The King Cake - a luscious yeast bread drizzled with icing and sparkling with green, purple, and gold sugar is an entirely different beast. You can find them with all sorts of sweet fillings. Some resemble cinnamon roll fillings, some sticky bun fillings, some forget the filling entirely. You'll find them in braids (like mine) or circles or crescents. You'll find them with plastic babies baked in for good luck, gold coins, or a bean.

Regardless of the fillings and shapes, they'll all be decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors of gold, purple, and green which stand for power, justice and faith. They're really very beautiful and go great with a little cafe au lait or chicory coffee.

So, celebrate Fat Tuesday with your own homemade King Cake!

P.S. If you're wondering about the change in format of the recipes, it has to do with Google rolling out its "Rich Snippets" for recipes. It's one of those changes they make from time to time that really hurt small bloggers and help big corporations. So, to try to keep my recipes somewhere in the mix I've made changes to the format from here on out that requires a lot of hand editing. It can sometimes be messy but I hope you'll still be able to read the recipes easily enough.

Recipe: King Cake Traditionally a King Cake has a small baby doll, coin, or bean inserted somewhere in the dough. The person who finds the treasure receives good luck.

Prep time: 50 minutes
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 hour 50 min
Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
Number of servings (yield): 12
Meal type: dessert
Culinary tradition: USA (Southern)
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Recipe by Buck Bannister. Posted in: Breads,Cakes,Holiday Cooking,Traditional Dishes Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook


