Extra-large oval doughnut pastry dusted with colored candied sugar and often filled with cream cheese, apple filling, etc. A plastic baby doll is hidden inside the cake--the lucky person who gets the piece of cake with the doll inside buys the kingcake for the next party throughout the Mardi Gras season
Mardi Gras Confection. Don't bite the baby.
a cinnamon-filled, hollow circle of dough with a glazed topping and Mardi Gras-colored sugars sprinkled on top
a coffeecake shaped into an oval
a colorful cake which contains a plastic doll (baby)
a ring cake decorated with sweet purple, gold and green frosting
a traditional Mardi-Gras treat, brightly decorated in the colors
Extra-large oval doughnut pastry dusted with colored candied sugar. A plastic baby doll is hidden inside the cake--the lucky person who gets the piece of cake with the doll inside (and doesn't break a tooth or swallow it in the process!) buys the next cake for the next party throughout the Mardi Gras season.
A sweetroll-like cake made in a ring. It contains a plastic doll, and the person who finds the doll in his or her piece of cake must provide the king cake on the next occasion.
A king cake (sometimes rendered as kingcake) is a type of cake associated with Carnival traditions. It is popular in Carnival season in the area of the United States which celebrates Carnival ranging from Mobile, Alabama to southeastern Texas, centered on New Orleans. The cakes have a small trinket (usually a small plastic baby) inside, and the person who gets the piece of cake with the trinket has various privileges and obligations.
