When I woke up this morning I had no idea it was Fat Tuesday. I did, however, remember that it was Tuesday which, for me, is an accomplishment in and of itself. But, when I logged on to Twitter (my favorite news source) I was quickly reminded of the holiday. And, since baking is one of my favorite passions (sweets being another), I quickly set off on an internet search for a King Cake recipe.
Whenever I’m looking for new recipes I always go to Allrecipes.com first and today I found exactly what I wanted there once again. Here is the recipe I used… (go ahead and check it out first then come back here to see the mods I made)
Mardi Gras King Cake
Every time I try a new recipe from Allrecipes.com I read the reviews for suggestions and based on what I read this time I made the following modifications:
- I halved the pastry portion of the recipe because I only wanted to make one ring, but I left the measurements for the filling portion of the recipe as written because other reviewers said the recipe needed more filling.
- I substituted cinnamon applesauce for butter (same amount) in both the pastry and filling.
- I left out the raisins because I’m not a big fan.
- I made the dough in my bread machine (omitting steps 1-3 of the recipe) using the ‘dough’ setting.
- For the frosting I mixed 1/3 cup confectioners’ sugar with 1.5 tsp water and food coloring. I did three bowls of this so that I could have gold, green, and purple and it made just enough frosting.
Here are some “in process” shots:
The dough and the filling ready to be combined.
All spread out and ready to be rolled up “jelly-roll style.”
Egg washed and ready to go in the oven!
I’m really happy with how this turned out. I can not attest to the authenticity of the recipe, since I’ve only had a genuine King Cake once YEARS ago, but I will say that the flavor and texture were great!
I forgot to take a good picture of the “baby” before I inserted him into the bottom of the cake, so I’ll just have to use this grainy iPhone photo instead.
Oh this looks so yummy…. much better than the Publix one that we had at work. So I need to know… how much did DD7 love it?
LOL! She was SO surprised when she found that “baby.” She said, “MOM!! You cooked a toy in the cake!!” I told her that finding the baby meant she had to do the dishes for a month. She, of course, didn’t like that too much. Then I told her it meant she had to help me make the cake next year. She was OK with that.