Mardi Gras King Cakes
The King Cake is believed to have originated in France around the 12th Century. In European countries, the coming of the three wise men bringing gifts to the child Jesus is celebrated twelve days after Christmas, called the Feast of the Epiphany, or Little Christmas on the Twelfth Night, or King’s Day.
The most popular custom is the baking of a special cake in honor of the three kings… a “Kings Cake.” These cakes were made in a circle shape to portray the circular route used by the wise men. This route was taken in order to confuse King Herod who was trying to kill the Christ child.
In early European king cakes, a bean, a pea, or a coin was hidden inside the dough and the person who got the piece was declared king for a day, or was said to have good luck in the coming year. The Latin Americans; however, put a small figure inside the cakes representing the Christ child. The tradition has now evolved that the person who gets the baby is expected to carry on the carnival festivities by hosting the next king cake party. Starting the twelfth day after Christmas, king cake parties continue until the first day of Lent, ending on Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras day!
King cakes were first introduced with little decorations on a simple ring of dough. The New Orleans style king cake is brightly decorated with the traditional Mardi Gras colors: purple, representing justice; green, representing faith; and gold, representing power. A fresh baked king cake is fine Louisiana tradition. I can’t describe just how good these cakes really are and they come stuffed with different fruit or cinnamon flavors.
These cakes are carried by many stores such as bakeries and groceries and are eaten at this house just for the hell of it, no “party” needed as they are that good!
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Hi again… I came back to see if you answered me before, and I saw this post.. but I’ve no attention span so I looked at the pix instead.. now I’m hungry. LOL
Thanks a bunch for reminding me I have no worthy food in this house to eat. You are swell!
Lois Lane
Damnit. Now I’m craving a King cake. How is it that my So Cal parents knew about this tradition? I remember being the “King of the Day” a few years in a row. It was my first voyage into cross-dressing.
We never had a baby, bean, pea or coin in the cake btw, it was always one of those hardened sugar cake decorations.
Loves me some King Cake! I remember being at my aunt’s house in Lafayette when I tried my firt one. I was about 10 I guess. Here in Southeast Texas, we celebrate Mardi Gras also. I am a King Cake expert (I was going to write connoisseur but didn’t want to look it up to see if I was spelling it right…that’s my best guess.)
angel= haha silly girl! i love coming by your blog just to read tha bazillion comments between you and DH!
Lois= somethin bout cakes and pies makes me horny haha oh wait i am that way all the time!
Becka= even though we claim it as a “Mardi Gras” tradition, it is actually worldwide because of its old religious roots that span the globe…
Laurie= haha “King Cake Expert” sounds like a serious profession, where can I sign up? hehe love your sea monkey sex stories!!
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Hey ya coonass.
One of my friends in college, who is from ‘orleans, would bring a fresh one back to Dallas with her…cherry and cheese I think? Could that be right? It was real good. I should look around here for a bakery that makes good ones. You have a fav or flav?
cav= yeah they make em in a wide variety of flavors the one in my pics was (notice i didn’t say is, that sucker is loooong gone) strawberry and thats my favorite i think….
Becka= you no have a blog? i keep trying your link and it goes to an apparent random webpage? or am i missing something?…
That was interesting…I didn’t know about the king cake! In Belgium, the children dress up like the three kings and go door to door singing king songs (not elvis) and get candy or money for their efforts. Kind of like trick-or-treating.
To this day, I have never found the baby or whatever in the king cake. Then again, I don’t chew very well. Oh my God! I might have swallowed it whole!
Seven, not sure what is up with the link.
http://www.brokenroads.blogspot.com/
And I even put up a flag in your honor.
WTF? Why is it going to an e-commerce site?
Becka in your link that is saved in the coments you spelled blogspots instead of blogspot. Just remove the second “s”
I’ a fuckin gens.. geenu… jeanu… real smart guy.
I’m such a fucking idiot. I had to go in and delete all my cookies to fix that. Fuck.
One of these days I will learn to speak English, I swear.
Thanks Trashman for telling me what would have taken me hours to figure out
Hey. Its me Atreyu form Sick and Twisted. I appreciate you coming by. I will be sure to add you to friend list. By the way I love your stuff too. Just read it. Pretty sweet. I will be sure to come by more. Check you later.
Atreyu…
mmmm… king cake. i had it for the first time ever when i went down for mardi gras a few years ago. there are only two places i’ve ever been in the world so far that have given me a strong sense of deja vu and familiarity when i went there… one was washington DC and the other was the french quarter in new orleans (we stayed the hell away from bourbon st… too stinky and full of dumbass college kids!) i want to come back and visit again; maybe not during mardi gras time though (hee.)
i am jealous of your king cake! aieee! jealous, i say!!!
on an unrelated note, it’s 80’s night over here at TLROD. (heh… never knew my blog spelled that out…) right now, interestingly enough, i am grooving to “always something there to remind me” by naked eyes. how the heck about that?
Suz= hey Ga lady, i used to live in Belgium! have you lived there yourself? I was in Antwerp, wonderful city, them Belgians can party hard!!
Jethro= haha don’t tell me ya went lookin for it…
Becka= whew glad that’s fixed and i just payed ya a visit!! hehe
Trashman= who knew? a bad guy and a jeanyus wooo
Atreyu= heya, and glad ya stopped in, see ya ’round!
Doombunny= hehe i would a saved ya some but we can get MORE!!!
and that is a cool song, early 80’s right? bout duran duran time and stuff i theenk
now “girls on film” is on! are ya dancin’?!?!?!
Seven… what can I say?
Doombunnyslippers= hehe i am always dancin’ to my own tune!! hehe always antsy…….!
angel= no words needed, just a lil’ smile! hehe left a silly ass comment at your quiz post too!!
Seven,
OmiGawd…it’s deja vu. We make pastries with purple & green icing on many occasions here, mostly Dia de los Muertos. I think the colors come from our Catholic heritage; you know, green and purple robes, etc. with the seasons (advent, etc) in the Church. We really are all one people in the Universe….so glad I found you. Of course I want a King’s Cake. Today. And I lov hearing about your culture and traditions. xxxx’s veronica
Hehe, I bet the dentists just love that holiday. I wonder many bits of tooth get chipped off each year! ;-P
Veronica= hey hey thanks for the comment and hope your feelin’ ok today!
Crazy= hehe i wanna be a rich ass dentist with my hands in peoples mouths haha no not really!!
I see that your in blogland as much as me. LOL
Dude. You’re a fuckin’ riot. LOL.
Hey, thanks for the linkage! I didn’t know I was over there on page two, how cool! I blogrolled ya back
Lois Lane
Trashman= lol i guess, i am still technicly on the “disabled” list even though i feel able bodied. till they put me back to work this is all i got to do lately, and i don’t mind one bit. course the “no money” part sukks azz….
angel= thanks, glad you enjoy my presence, as i do yours!
Lois= thank you and your most welcome girrrl!! you are one funny lady and luv your sidekik Becka too!
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That is unbelievably fascinating! Ok, I’m a huge freakin dork!
*grin*
Wait a minute. Who says Lois isn’t my sidekick?!?
Okay I’m hers, but still! I could happen! I swear!
I love you Lois, please don’t hurt me
Kristin= you are too damn pretty to be a dork!!
angel= hehe *bigger grin*
Becka= i only said “sidekik” because you said you follow Lois around, it can be quite pleasurable whether you are on top OR bottom hehe j/k
King Cake in New Orleans is the best - can’t replicate goodness anywhere’s else like that
Greta blog - will be a returnee I am sure
Hey man!! Great to see another from Cajun Country bloggin ;o) I am in Lafayette by the way, that pic of the king cake is soooo making me hungry! I think I may stop at Meche’s and pick up one (Those things are awesome, taste like one big donut, lol) Anyway just wanted to stop and say hey, saw you mentioned at Flirt in a Skirt. Take care and don’t party to hard for Mardi Gras, really early this year huh??
P.S. We seem to have the same taste in music also ;o)