King Cake

Name: King Cake
Yield: Serves 12 to 16
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 1 cup, whole milk; 3 , large eggs; 8 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 4 1/2 cups (22 1/2 ounces; 638 grams), all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup (3 1/2 ounces; 99 grams), granulated sugar; 2 1/4 teaspoons, instant or rapid-rise yeast; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups, pecans, toasted and ground fine; 3/4 cup packed (5 1/4 ounces; 149 grams), light brown sugar; 2 teaspoons, ground cinnamon; 1 , miniature porcelain toy baby (optional); 2 cups (8 ounces; 227 grams), confectioners' sugar; 2-3 tablespoons, whole milk; 1 tablespoon each yellow, green, and purple colored decorating, sugar

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2015

Desserts or Baked Goods

Southern

Cakes

The colors of Mardi Gras—not to mention a delicious cinnamon-pecan swirl—make this tasty cake festive enough for any party.

SERVES12 to 16

TIME1½ hours, plus 2 to 2½ hours rising and 2 hours cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

UPDATE: This recipe has been slightly reformulated to be more failproof since its initial publication. The revision you see here was published in April of 2022. This traditional bready cake, made during carnival season in New Orleans, is ma...

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