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History of the King Cake
The King Cake Story |
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For most Americans, the advent of the new year is a time to make resolutions and to trim the waistlines expanded by Thanksgiving
and Christmas festivities, In party loving New Orleans, however, the first week of January begins King cake season, a traditional gastronomic prelude to the city's Mardi Gras celebrations. |
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Between January 6 (Three King's Day) and Mardi Gras, New Orleans bakers produce thousands of King cakes, resplendently decorated in
the Mardi Gras color purple, green and gold. |
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Hidden in each oblong of braided coffee-cake dough is a bean or plastic baby; custom dictates that whoever finds it must give the next King
cake party. And one Mardi Gras organization even uses a King cake tradition to choose the queen of its annual ball. |
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Hundreds of King cake parties are held in New Orleans every year. After the cake is served, the cry "I've got the baby" announces
that a party-goer has received the slice of cake containing the baby or bean. That guest is King or Queen of the party, an honor that includes playing host at the following week's King cake festivity, where a successor
is chosen in the same manner. King cake enthusiasm also extends to offices, which serve the cakes at coffee breaks, and to parties for children whose birthdays fall during this time (youngsters often find that a
thoughtful mother has arranged for a baby to appear in every piece of cake).On January 6, New Orleans bakeries, filled with the sweet, spicy bouquet of King cakes, are besieged by throngs of devotees eager to sample
the first King cakes of the year. This year New Orleans bakers estimate that they will take more than a quarter of a million King cakes from their ovens before the season ends on Fat Tuesday. The traditional cinnamon
flavored cakes are the most requested, but in recent years, bakeries have broadened the King cake selection by adding to their recipes. Apple, cheese, bourbon, and praline cakes are just a few of the many varieties now
available. The cakes used to be a strictly local specialty, but they are now becoming much more widely known . |
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A New Orleans Tradition |
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We ship traditional, filled and French King Cakes with beads, doubloons, and our King Cake history. Next day shipping is available. |
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Your Choice of Flavors
- Traditional Cinnamon
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese
- Chocolate Bourbon Pecan
- Cinnamon, Apples and Raisins
- Blueberry and Cream Cheese
- Praline and Brandy
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