The sought-after King cake from Dong Phuong bakery.
Mardi Gras 2018 will be remembered when King cake rose out of its cardboard box and enveloped New Orleans, in every conceivable variation.
King cake, essentially a brioche-style coffee cake baked in an oval-shaped ring, has always been a highlight of the carnival season, which runs from Jan. 6 until Ash Wednesday.
If purple, green and gold are the colors of Mardi Gras, standing for justice, faith and power, then the cinnamon, vanilla and the sprinkles found on King cake are its official Mardi Gras flavor.
Or that combination used to be. This year, King cake itself is offered in multiple sweet flavors, from a basic cake with no filling, to the most popular, cream cheese, and all sorts of others. Vegan King cake is on offer, too.
Each generally comes with a little plastic baby, which is inserted in the cake before it is sliced. The person who gets the baby gives the next party, or so the tradition holds.
Basically, if you can put it in a Danish (or a sweet roll, as people say in the Midwest), you can put it in a King cake. Think pecan, strawberry, chocolate, blueberry, lemon, and some local varieties.
The Bywater Bakery, in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood, sold a King cake flavored with bouille, a milk custard that's a hallmark of Cajun Country.
But, King cakes aren't confined to breakfast-like tastes. There have been crawfish stuffed King cakes, bacon cheeseburger stuffed King cakes and a King cake that has boudin, the loose sausage and rice combination found in many restaurants and gas stations.
">The sought-after King cake from Dong Phuong bakery.
Mardi Gras 2018 will be remembered when King cake rose out of its cardboard box and enveloped New Orleans, in every conceivable variation.
King cake, essentially a brioche-style coffee cake baked in an oval-shaped ring, has always been a highlight of the carnival season, which runs from Jan. 6 until Ash Wednesday.
If purple, green and gold are the colors of Mardi Gras, standing for justice, faith and power, then the cinnamon, vanilla and the sprinkles found on King cake are its official Mardi Gras flavor.
Or that combination used to be. This year, King cake itself is offered in multiple sweet flavors, from a basic cake with no filling, to the most popular, cream cheese, and all sorts of others. Vegan King cake is on offer, too.
Each generally comes with a little plastic baby, which is inserted in the cake before it is sliced. The person who gets the baby gives the next party, or so the tradition holds.
Basically, if you can put it in a Danish (or a sweet roll, as people say in the Midwest), you can put it in a King cake. Think pecan, strawberry, chocolate, blueberry, lemon, and some local varieties.
The Bywater Bakery, in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood, sold a King cake flavored with bouille, a milk custard that's a hallmark of Cajun Country.
But, King cakes aren't confined to breakfast-like tastes. There have been crawfish stuffed King cakes, bacon cheeseburger stuffed King cakes and a King cake that has boudin, the loose sausage and rice combination found in many restaurants and gas stations.
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