How to Make A King Cake Recipe
Learn how to Make a New Orleans Mardi Gras King Cake. No Mardi Gras celebration is complete without the iconic Mardi Gras King Cake.
King Cake History and Tradition
No Mardi Gras celebration is complete without a King Cake. This cake is actually a sweetened yeast bread, usually baked in a ring shape. The cake is frosted with the traditional colors of Mardi Gras—gold, green, and purple—icing representing in order, power, faith, and justice. Although this cake is colorful and tasty, the real fun hides within the cake.
King Cake Surprise
The maker of each King Cake hides a token in the cake. The tokens used are a dried red bean or a figurine of a baby, representing the Christ child. When the cake is cut and shared, the finder of the hidden treasure is said to enjoy good luck for the coming year. The lucky recipient may also be expected to bake the King Cake or throw the Mardi Gras party for the following year.
Mardi Gras King Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 envelope active dry yeast
- 1/4 cup warm water - about 105 to 115 degrees
- 2 t milk - scalded and cooled
- 4 cups flour
- 8 oz butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 t salt
- 4 eggs
- 2 t melted butter
- 1 large egg - beaten
- very small plastic doll - a large bean, ring or clean coin
GLAZE:
- 1-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 t lemon juice
- 2 to 3 T water
- 2 cups granulated sugar colored with food coloring pastes: - green, purple, and yellow
Instructions
- Dissolve yeast in warm water.
- Add milk and about 1/2 cup of flour. In a large bowl, blend butter, sugar, salt, and eggs.
- Add yeast mixture and mix thoroughly.
- Gradually, add 2 1/2 cups flour to make a medium dough.
- Place in a greased bowl and brush with melted butter.
- Cover with a damp cloth and allow to rise until double in volume, about 3 hours.
- Use 1 cup or more flour to knead dough and roll into a 4-5 foot long rope.
- Form into an oval on a 14 x 17" greased baking sheet, connecting ends of the rope with a few drops of water to make a good seal.
- Press the doll, bean, or coin into the dough from the bottom.
- Cover dough ring with a damp cloth and let rise until double in volume, about 1 hour.
- Brush with egg.
- Bake at 325° for 35 to 45 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Cool on a wire rack.
For glaze
- Combine the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice and enough water to achieve desired consistency.
- Spread over cake.
- Sprinkle with alternating bands of colored sugar.
Notes
Nutrition
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