King Cake Season!!!

[JanieDough]

Yes - it's Mardi Gras already!

Which makes the Saints going to the Superbowl even THAT much more climatic.


Here is how my local bakery makes their doughnuts, and their king cakes:

YouTube - King cakes

 

[JanieDough]

come on - no one has anything to say about how good it looks?

or how horrible it looks since it is deep fried???

 

[cam elle toe]

No

Sorry......what are King cakes, and do I need to watch the vid to find out.

(yeah yeah, I'm lazy)


and what does your Mardi Gras entail? I have heard LOTS about it, and think it would be an awesome time.


Mardi Gras HERE is a gay/lesbian pride parade through Oxford st in Sydney.....but its fun too:ninja

 

[JanieDough]

No

Sorry......what are King cakes, and do I need to watch the vid to find out.

(yeah yeah, I'm lazy)


and what does your Mardi Gras entail? I have heard LOTS about it, and think it would be an awesome time.


Mardi Gras HERE is a gay/lesbian pride parade through Oxford st in Sydney.....but its fun too:ninja

LOL!

Ok Mardi Gras means Fat Tuesday. It is the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday which marks the beginning of Lent.

Basically it is the big party before Lent. Well we have so many celebrations we do it for weeks leading up to the actual day.

One of the parts of Mardi Gras is King Cake. Usually it is a raisin bread type thing covered in icing and decorated in the Mardi Gras colors - gold, green and purple. You also usually hide a plastic baby in it to signify Jesus I guess...got me on that one.

It's like a privilege to get the baby.

Anyways - the King Cakes my town likes are like doughnuts - deep fried and coated in icing.

Very Paula Dean of us.

 

[Jessica]

looks yummy ...

 

[Wichita]

mmm no, not really

 

[JanieDough]

mmm no, not really

what not really?

doesn't look good?

ha! it is!

 

[HottyToddyChick]

Yummy!


And whoever gets the baby has to provide the next cake, right?

 

[JanieDough]

Yummy!


And whoever gets the baby has to provide the next cake, right?

uhm yeah I guess.

To tell you the truth we haven't put the baby in it since I was in school - and yeah that was the rule in school.

So I don't know if that's a school days thing, or a king cake everywhere thing.