King Cake

I have never heard of King Cake, but it sounds lovely. i love cinnamon flavour things. what sort of fillings do you get? Mardi Gras season must be great. what else goes on? How long does the King Cake thing go on for, i guess if everyone that gets a baby has to make a new one it could keep going for ages? is it made from a cake type dough or bread type dough. maybe one day i will get to try one. happy mardi gras season.

I have heard of it but have never had it that I am aware. It sounds good even though I no longer have my sweet tooth.

I was born in New Orleans, so King Cake was a regular thing around Mardi Gras for me. I liked the ones with filling best. Lemon filling, particularly.

I LOVE these cakes. We do business with some people in LA and they always send us two King Cakes at Christmas. They are the best thing I have ever eaten. I have only had the cinnamon one and it is so good! I have never got the baby though. :(

oh my, send one my way! That sounds so good. I would have the cinnamon and love it for sure :) What kinds of fillings do they put in them? It sounds like any kind of fruit would be good.

I love King Cake, and I haven't seen enough of them in our lunchroom at work yet this season! I really enjoy the almondy/ frangipane French King Cakes, but they are pretty expensive. Where do you get your fave King Cake from, Haydels? Randazzo's? Haydel's has these new "babies", that are actually the porcelain figures of Katrina themed characters they have made up. They're pretty cute, too. (They give you a plastic baby, too, if you don't want to use the collectible porcelain one that might break your tooth if you bit into it anyway!

I went searching and I came up with this recipe which is more like a Northerner's coffee cake. I have not had the pleasure of having King Cake, but it does sound delicous! King Cake "Bring a little bit of New Orleans home to your house. This festive sweet bread traditionally has a small trinket baked inside. Whoever finds it will have good luck during the coming year." INGREDIENTS: 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast 1/2 cup white sugar 1 cup warm milk (110 degrees F/45 degrees C) 1/2 cup butter, melted 5 egg yolks 4 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar 2 cups confectioners' sugar 1/4 cup lemon juice 2 tablespoons milk 1 tablespoon multicolored candy sprinkles DIRECTIONS: 1. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast and white sugar in warm milk. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes. 2. Stir the egg yolks and melted butter into the milk mixture. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, nutmeg and lemon zest. Beat the flour mixture into the milk/egg mixture 1 cup at a time. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and supple, about 8 minutes. Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours. 3. In a small bowl, combine the cream cheese and 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar. Mix well. In another small bowl, combine the remaining 2 cups confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons milk. Mix well and set aside. 4. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface. Roll the dough out into a 6x30 inch rectangle. Spread the cream cheese filling across the center of the dough. Bring the two long edges together and seal completely. Using your hands shape the dough into a long cylinder and place on a greased baking sheet, seam-side down. Shape the dough into a ring press the baby into the ring from the bottom so that it is completely hidden by the dough. Place a well-greased 2 pound metal coffee can the center of the ring to maintain the shape during baking. Cover the ring with a towel and place in a warm place to rise until doubled in size, about 45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). 5. Bake in preheated oven until golden brown, about 30 minutes. Remove the coffee can and allow the bread to cool. Drizzle cooled cake with lemon/sugar glaze and decorate with candy sprinkles.

I don't think that I have ever had it, but boy does it sound good! I think that if I had a choice, I would go with the Cinnamon flavored ones, because I am assuming the "filled" ones have fruit... not so much a fan. I think it is something that I will look to try the next chance I get!

Haydel's has these Cajun Kringle things now, they look pretty good but I don't like nuts.