Stages of King Cake

The dough phase-

After making the dough and letting it rest a bit, it is rolled out and THEN-

you put a filling inside and roll it up.

The I hope it rises phase

The dough is turned into an oval, or a circle if you have a wide enough cookie sheet. Again, it is allowed to rest and hopefully rise before it is baked.

The finished product

The King Cake is completed only when it is basically buried under frosting and colored sprinkles.

These are the colors of Mardi Gras.

This is my first ever attempt at a King Cake, and it's actually going to a crawfish boil tomorrow, so I hope it's good. It smells pretty fantastic. The part you can't see, is a little tiny plastic baby hidden in the cake. Tradition as I am told, is that the one who finds the baby provides the cake the following year. I found the baby last year, and vowed that I would make a cake this year for the party. So, there it is- ready to go. All I need now, are my beads, and I am set for Crawfish Boil 2011.