http://www.mardigrasday.com Sat, 18 May 2013 13:18:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.mardigrasday.com/king-cakes/history-of-king-cakes/#comment-22 Mardi Gras King’s Cake – Sweet memories of the Big Easy « Tartine & Maple Wed, 13 Feb 2013 05:59:02 +0000 http://www.mardigrasday.com/?page_id=181#comment-22 [...] as of Epiphany French King Cake, but celebrated on different dates! If you want the full story, you can visit this page. But just like it, we hide something in the cake, here it is usually a little plastic baby, and the [...] [...] as of Epiphany French King Cake, but celebrated on different dates! If you want the full story, you can visit this page. But just like it, we hide something in the cake, here it is usually a little plastic baby, and the [...]

]]> http://www.mardigrasday.com/king-cakes/history-of-king-cakes/#comment-18 Mardi Gras Okra Creole - What Katie's Baking Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:38:23 +0000 http://www.mardigrasday.com/?page_id=181#comment-18 [...] reading this and thinking, “What the heckkk is she talking about.. babies in cakes??,” here is the history of King Cakes from MardiGrasDay.com: Epiphany, celebrated in European countries, marks the coming of the wise men who brought gifts to [...] [...] reading this and thinking, “What the heckkk is she talking about.. babies in cakes??,” here is the history of King Cakes from MardiGrasDay.com: Epiphany, celebrated in European countries, marks the coming of the wise men who brought gifts to [...]

]]> http://www.mardigrasday.com/king-cakes/history-of-king-cakes/#comment-11 Bread Winners offers King Cake's for Mardi Gras - The Dallas Socials Thu, 24 Jan 2013 22:37:14 +0000 http://www.mardigrasday.com/?page_id=181#comment-11 [...] You might be wondering, “Why on earth would a plastic baby be inside of a cake?” Well, the baking of King Cakes is a tradition in New Orleans that begins on King’s Day, at the start of the Mardi Gras season. A tiny baby is baked into the cake. The person whose piece of cake contains the baby furnishes the King Cake for the next party (which are usually held once a week on Sundays until Fat Tuesday.) However, when celebrating Mardi Gras out of town, most people regard the person who ‘got the baby’ as the King or Queen of the party being held. Either way, it is a tasty way to spend an afternoon, and we promise you’ll love it, too! A new idea that has recently grown in popularity at children’s parties is to serve cupcakes decorated like regular kingcakes and put a baby in each one. That way, every child will experience the thrill of finding the baby! (source) [...] [...] You might be wondering, “Why on earth would a plastic baby be inside of a cake?” Well, the baking of King Cakes is a tradition in New Orleans that begins on King’s Day, at the start of the Mardi Gras season. A tiny baby is baked into the cake. The person whose piece of cake contains the baby furnishes the King Cake for the next party (which are usually held once a week on Sundays until Fat Tuesday.) However, when celebrating Mardi Gras out of town, most people regard the person who ‘got the baby’ as the King or Queen of the party being held. Either way, it is a tasty way to spend an afternoon, and we promise you’ll love it, too! A new idea that has recently grown in popularity at children’s parties is to serve cupcakes decorated like regular kingcakes and put a baby in each one. That way, every child will experience the thrill of finding the baby! (source) [...]

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