Mardi Gras Cakes?

😀 I think they are called King Cakes, anyway, is there any place around here that makes them? I had some once and absolutely loved it.

:lol:Too funny! I just this minute came from googling King Cake recipes!

That is funny! If you make one let me know how it turns out and share the recipe.😀

That is funny! If you make one let me know how it turns out and share the recipe.😀

There's tons of recipes on google. There's one for making it with canned cinnamon rolls. We did this last year for a mardi gras party at the nursing home--because we were making lots of them. They actually turned out pretty good. But nothing like a home made one from scratch.

Got my first one this week. :clap:


I always order them from Randazzo's, they will overnight them direct to your door with beads, feather mask and the baby already in the cake.



http://www.kingcakes.com/

There's tons of recipes on google. There's one for making it with canned cinnamon rolls. We did this last year for a mardi gras party at the nursing home--because we were making lots of them. They actually turned out pretty good. But nothing like a home made one from scratch.

But you need a baby Jesus for each cake. Go to http://www.accentannex.com which is where I order my Mardi Gras supplies. Of course, on second thought, maybe at the nursing home, having someone swallow a baby Jesus is not a good thing. We normally have a Mardi Gras party every year. One of our guests got choked after almost swallowing the baby Jesus. Since then, I have been careful to tell people to chew carefully and slowly -- I don't want anyone to break a tooth or, obviously worse, choke to death.

Got my first one this week. :clap:


I always order them from Randazzo's, they will overnight them direct to your door with beads, feather mask and the baby already in the cake.



http://www.kingcakes.com/

I used to get mine from Gambino's (http://www.cancansys.com/~gambinos//shop/mg_packages.php), but for many years the local Publix here in Georgia has sold them.

Yeah, we thought of that. So, sadly, we didn't add them to the cakes:(. But, thanks for the link. I'm making the dinner party I mentioned to you into a full blown Mardi Gras party.

I just saw an ad in the Walton Sun from P.J.'s Coffee saying they have King Cakes. Page c-9 bottom right.

You could always use a pecan half or a cherry inserted from the underside just before serving in place of the baby. The King Cake has evolved over the last 15 years or so. When I was a wee lad they were all simple rings with a bit of cinnamin flavor, sprinkled with the purple, gold and green sugar. At some point in the 1980s they began to be injected with all manner of sweet or fruit filling. They also began to drizzle icing on the cake. I still like mine the old way (dunked in a glass of cold milk!). During January and February we used to have king cake parties at the end of school on Fridays...all the kids in the class ate the cake and whoever got the baby brought next Friday's cake.

You could always use a pecan half or a cherry inserted from the underside just before serving in place of the baby. The King Cake has evolved over the last 15 years or so. When I was a wee lad they were all simple rings with a bit of cinnamin flavor, sprinkled with the purple, gold and green sugar. At some point in the 1980s they began to be injected with all manner of sweet or fruit filling. They also began to drizzle icing on the cake. I still like mine the old way (dunked in a glass of cold milk!). During January and February we used to have king cake parties at the end of school on Fridays...all the kids in the class ate the cake and whoever got the baby brought next Friday's cake.

😀 Good idea...never thought of adding a cherry. Will do it this year at the n.h.
Love your story about school.

You could always use a pecan half or a cherry inserted from the underside just before serving in place of the baby. The King Cake has evolved over the last 15 years or so. When I was a wee lad they were all simple rings with a bit of cinnamin flavor, sprinkled with the purple, gold and green sugar. At some point in the 1980s they began to be injected with all manner of sweet or fruit filling. They also began to drizzle icing on the cake. I still like mine the old way (dunked in a glass of cold milk!). During January and February we used to have king cake parties at the end of school on Fridays...all the kids in the class ate the cake and whoever got the baby brought next Friday's cake.

That's funny. Brings back some fond memories. I always gave Mardi Gras parties for my daughter's class until she got to high school and was too cool for it. I'd bring King Cakes, Mardi Gras beads, doubloons, and masks, and the kids would do a second line down the halls of the school, with me at the end of the line carrying a cassette player with "Mardi Gras Mambo" playing on it.

I made up a Mardi Gras Mix for Skunky.


I love Mardi Gras music.

Oh, and I have the best mail order King Cake source -- really fresh and good because they are a great little neighborhood bakery and they don't do the mass production thing.

http://www.julieannesbakery.com/Mardi_Gras_King_Cakes_C1.cfm

Cream cheese filled is my favorite.

I made up a Mardi Gras Mix for Skunky.

1. Iko Iko The Dixie Cups​

2. New Suit The Wild Magnolias​

3. They All Ask'd For You The Meters​

4. Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Kermit Ruffins​

5. Second Line Charmaine Neville​

6. Skip To My Blues Buckwheat Zydeco​

7. Ya Ya Lee Dorsey​

8. Whole Lotta Lovin' Fats Domino​

9. Ain't Get No Home Clarence "Frogman" Henry​

10. Row Row Your Boat Dr. John​

11. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Clifton Chenier​

12. When The Saints Go Marchin' In Hack Barholomew​

13. Mardi Gras Mambo The Meters​

14. If Ever I Cease to Love A. J. Loria​

I love Mardi Gras music.

Oh, and I have the best mail order King Cake source -- really fresh and good because they are a great little neighborhood bakery and they don't do the mass production thing.

http://www.julieannesbakery.com/Mardi_Gras_King_Cakes_C1.cfm

Cream cheese filled is my favorite.

I love Mardi Gras music too! That was a nice thing you did for Skunky.
Punzy, have you made a King Cake? Tell me how to make the cc filling if you know.

Hey pjs coffee is having them shipped in from a bakery in N.O,
we will be selling them whole or by the slice, or we can order whatever you need!!!

I just saw an ad in the Walton Sun from P.J.'s Coffee saying they have King Cakes. Page c-9 bottom right.

My husband goes in there everyday and our daughter recently started working there and yet I didn't know this.;-)