We don't usually celebrate Mardi Gras, but I stumbled on an easy recipe for Mardi Gras King Cake, a traditional sweet served at this time. I always thought King Cake was something different, an elaborate cake with different fillings, but it's really just a giant cinnamon roll.
I had most of the ingredients in the house except a plastic baby. The plastic baby is hidden in the cake and the person who gets the piece with the baby is King/Queen and will have good luck and prosperity for the year. Also the person who finds the baby has to make the King Cake and host the Mardi Gras party the following year.
I didn't want to run out to the party store looking for a plastic baby. Also, if you're including something inside food, it should be edible.
I pulled out a small, heart cookie cutter, melted some chocolate and voila! an edible baby.
Traditionally, King Cake is frosted and decorated with colored sugar in green, yellow, and purple. I didn't have colored sanding sugar, but with a few drops of food coloring was able to color the sanding sugar I had. The purple looked almost black, but c'est la vie.
Ta-da! King Cake. It was so big, the only large plate I had was a spare microwave turntable dish
The piece of cake I had didn't have the baby in it. Neither did the piece Himself had.
But we all know who wears the crown, whether or not she finds the baby. On the mug: She Who Must Be Obeyed.
Since the King Cake is just a giant, cinnamon roll, a slice made an awesome breakfast the following day. I found the baby in the breakfast slice and split the baby with Himself. Breakfast of Champions.
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Good morning-I love your king cake and I didn't know it was mostly a cinnamon roll I have never had this cake.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious and love your idea for the baby too
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I had never had the cake either, so that it was way more elaborate, and more like cake.
DeleteWhat a gorgeous cake! I love cinnamon rolls so it would definitely appeal to my taste buds, too.
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It was a nice recipe. The only difference is it used sour cream (I substituted plain Greek yogurt) which isn't an ingredient in the cinnamon roll recipe my friend, Lambie gave me
DeleteWow, that cake looks amazing and perfect for Mardi Gras with those colours - yum 😁. Loving that mug too, such fun! Wishing you a very Happy T Day! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteThe mug was a gift from the Eldest. She knows. 😺
DeleteYour king cake came out looking super, even the dark purple. I know, who would have thought a king cake was nothing more than a giant cinnamon roll? I made one last year and it tasted good, but wasn't really the most exciting of cakes. And your mug works perfect for a King cake, because let's face it, the queen is the ruler. Have a great T day. Hope you don't have these crazy winds. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteIt certainly looked pretty, but I prefer the cinnamon rolls without the sanding sugar
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ReplyDeleteNo worries
DeleteI've never made my own King Cake, and rarely have one at all, but yours look delicious. Happy T Tuesday
ReplyDeleteIt was a nice treat
DeleteThey are such festive looking cakes- but that is wayyy too much sugar for me:) Happy T day!
ReplyDeleteI like sweet, but this was way too sweet. Next time, I might just color the icing instead
DeleteHappy T Day in these sad and scary times, hugs, Valerie
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DeleteYour cake looks GREAT! Not to mention delicious! Awesome job!
ReplyDeleteThanks. It was pretty impressive
Deletevery ingenious on the plastic baby !! the cake looks delish...we used to eat irish soda bread with a quarter hidden it for basically the same reasons; until my brother almost lost his D tooth when biting down on it !!! YOW !!!! haven't had it since ☺☺☺☺☺☺♥♥
ReplyDeleteThe Eldest and I used to watch all the cooking contest shows. They would be faulted if any garnish or thing in the food wasn't edible.
DeleteWow this is wonderful. You did a great job of improvising. Yeah good for breakfast for sure. Have a great day.
ReplyDeleteKing cake made a great breakfast
DeleteLooks yummy! (and we ALL know who's in charge! LOL)
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DeleteWell another cool creation by you and it looks delicious. Happy woman's day or whatever it is. I haven't heard of international woman's day before...where have I been!?!
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard of it before, either.
DeleteI think someone pulls these out of their ...because all of a sudden every day is a special day for something.
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DeleteI have never heard of King Cake, but it sure looks good. Fun idea to put a plastic baby inside it - I wonder who comes up with ideas like that?
ReplyDeleteKing cake is a traditional sweet from New Orleans, Louisiana for Mardi Gras
DeleteLooks like a delicious cake! I didn't realize it was just a cake version of a cinnamon roll. I might give this a try sometime. Good thinking to use something on hand for the baby.
ReplyDeleteHappy Tea Day,
Kate
Yup, instead of making a dozen cinnamon rolls, you make just one giant one.
DeleteSo funny about finding the baby and splitting it. It has been years since I had this cake. My stepmom sent one to me one Mardi gras, as they lived in N.O. This was probably 50 years ago! LOL I forgot about the baby! Thanks for the memory. Happy T Day!
ReplyDeleteOooh, a real King Cake
DeleteLooks wonderful CJ!! I've never had King Cake... and i did think it was a more elaborate cake than a cinnamon cake.. But i must say it looks beautiful and delicious! Ofcourse your Queen! lol Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteThe cake was fun to make, more fun to eat especially the baby
DeleteWhat a fun post! Not into sweets here, but this looks really fun and good!
ReplyDeleteAnd yes! Don´t put anything not edible into a cake, oh, my!
Yeah, non-edible in food is not a good thing
DeleteThis cake looks spectacular - I still haven't made cinnamon buns - must look for a recipe. Great that you shared the 'baby', Belated Happy T Day, Chrisx
ReplyDeleteHere is a tried and true recipe for Cinnamon Buns from my friend, Lambie
DeleteThanks for that link - I'll give them a go next week! xx
DeleteI absolutely adore your interpretation of the King Cake. I bought one in NOLA when I was there for Mardi Gras one year. It was not cinnamon, but I think I like yours better. Love the colors, which are definitely true to the colors they use. Thanks for sharing your tea, your King Cake, and your She Must Be Obeyed mug with us for T this week, dear CJ.
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