King Cake

Today's baking was King Cake. A few friends are having Mardi Gras parties soon and asked if I could make them. You betcha. This one is nice and moist and filled with a sweetened cream cheese and the dough is flavored with nutmeg and lemon.

Recipe from Emeril Lagasse at http://www.emerils.com/recipe/3082/King-Cake

tgoddess wrote:

Today's baking was King Cake. A few friends are having Mardi Gras parties soon and asked if I could make them. You betcha. This one is nice and moist and filled with a sweetened cream cheese and the dough is flavored with nutmeg and lemon.

Recipe from Emeril Lagasse at http://www.emerils.com/recipe/3082/King-Cake

Nicely done! I have seen much less attractive professionally baked ones.


Where did you get the baby?

Thanks, Rick. My neighbors (the photo stylist/photographer who set up this lovely picture) were almost in a panic when I asked them to shoot this cake. They'd never heard of one before and went "googling" for other images and found ALL the pictures they found to be quite dreadful. She said later that this was one of the most difficult things she's had to style, because of all the garish colors and whatnot. So I appreciate her making LOOK as wonderful as it tastes.

I got my "babies" at the Party Store in Cermak Plaza in Berwyn (in the baby shower section). I bake the cake first and then cut a small hole in the bottom and put it in that way, then I ice and sugar it.

Hi,

I notice your cake has at least two layers drizzled icing. The undercoat is thinner and the overcoat is heavier. Was this on purpose or a repair? I think it looks rather attractive.

Regards,

"On purpose" only in that the first coat seemed a bit thin, so I gave it a second. But it does give a nifty effect. Thanks, Cathy.