The New Orleans custom began in the late 1800’s and celebrates Epiphany with cakes that are baked to honor the three kings. To oval or round shape signifies their circular journey to confuse King Herod. The plastic baby represents Jesus. And the search for the bay is represented by the mystery of who will get the slice with the plastic baby in it. However, with legalities the way they are many do not place the baby in the cake, but will leave it out for the customer to place it, removing any liability from the shop for supposed folks who may swallow the plastic baby. For more history about Mardi Gras and King Cakes, check out the links at the end of this post.
Entries Tagged as 'Baking'
King Cake Time Again
January 6th, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Baking · Cajun · Creole · Culture · Desserts · Heritage · Mardi Gras
Ginger Bread Houses
December 23rd, 2008 · 22 Comments
Every year for the past 10 or so we have taken the weekend before Christmas typically on Saturday to bake and build ginger bread houses. Years ago Monique hosted and attended Pampered Chef parties and one year she got a hold of the ginger bread mold stoneware and ever since I have taken to the fun task of helping the boys build each their own ginger bread house. This year we were without Bryan so Monique and I decorated one together. Ben did his all up in purple and gold LSU colors, it is quite a unique little ginger bread house.
Tags: Baking · Holidays · Traditions
Pumpkin Seed & Cheddar Cornbread Muffins
November 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Pumpkin Seed & Cheddar Cornbread Muffins
A holiday twist on an ole Southern favorite of cornbread muffins. Using roasted pumpkin seeds, shredded cheddar and minced garlic this cornbread muffin recipe is a sure fire addition to any holiday meal. I whipped these up last week while my parents were in town and I also used 4 of the muffins once cooled as part of a cornbread stuffing in my pork loin roast. I’ll post that recipe later in the week.
Battle of the Banana Breads
August 19th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Sunday we found ourselves with two bunches of over-ripe bananas and decided the best thing would be to make some banana bread. One bunch of the regular yellow variety and the other a bunch of the sweeter baby Costa Rica variety. Well, my all time favorite banana bread is a Coconut Banana Bread that I […]
