I need a baby for a king cake
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In New Orleans, people leave their Christmas trees up, take off all the decorations that are not green, gold or purple, add a few more Mardi Gras decorations, and enjoy it until Ash Wednesday.
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The way you described the cinnamon version is how've I've seen and been able to celebrate with a neighbor. She and family have relatives right outside of New Orleans.
There are lots of recipes for king cake. Mostly it is a yeast dough formed into a circle and baked on a cookie sheet as I said above. Some people roll out the dough as for cinnamon rolls, put on the butter, sugar and cinnamon, roll it up but don't cut any rolls. Put the baby in there somewhere. Now take that prepared large roll and form a circle with it on the cookie sheet, pinching the ends together. You can decorate this roll however you like. Most use colored powdered sugar icing in Mardi Gras colors. That is green, gold and purple.
In New Orleans, people leave their Christmas trees up, take off all the decorations that are not green, gold or purple, add a few more Mardi Gras decorations, and enjoy it until Ash Wednesday.
In New Orleans, people leave their Christmas trees up, take off all the decorations that are not green, gold or purple, add a few more Mardi Gras decorations, and enjoy it until Ash Wednesday.
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Thanks again.
Mavis
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When I worked in a bakery we used to get "kits" that contained baby and beads plus a little card that explained the King cake. I would check with a cake and candy supply store in your area or check ebay for cake dec. supplies
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We had lots of purple, green and gold clothing that night, we had piles of beads, they learned a lot about Mardi Gras, and enjoyed the king cake. Very few of our members had ever been to New Orleans during Mardi Gras.There were three babies, and the winners were given tickets for free admission to a dance evening.
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