Glycolysis is derived fro Greek words, glycos which means sugar or sweet and lysis which means dissolution or degradation. Glycolysis is a metabolic pathway that is a sequence of 10 reactions that are enzyme catalyzed. The sequence of these reactions convert glucose into pyruvate. During this metabolic process high-energy compounds ATP (Adenosine triphosphate) and NADH (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide).
The three colors of the sugar are Purple (representing Justice), Green (representing Faith) and Gold (representing Power). Today the King Cakes are baked with a wide assortment of fillings inside the cake. King Cake is the preferred dessert and snack in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. Hundreds of thousands of King Cakes are eaten in New Orleans during the Carnival season. Many are shipped throughout the U.S. for those displaced New Orleanians longing for a taste of Mardi Gras. In fact, a Mardi Gras party wouldnât be a Mardi Gras party without a King Cake.
Jan. 6, the Twelfth Night after Christmas, is the day our Mardi Gras season, hence king cake season, begins. Mardi Gras Day, also known as Fat Tuesday, is always 47 days prior to Easter Sunday (the day before Ash Wednesday). Mardi Gras and King Cakes go hand in hand...especially in Louisiana.