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King Cake is Mardi Gras' Most Famous Dessert If you can't get yourself to Louisiana for Mardi Gras this year, fixing this recipe is the next best thing. In fact, we think it's even better than ordering a mail-order King Cake.
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To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have mardi gras king cake. southern louisiana style using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style:
- Make ready pastry
- Make ready 1 cup milk
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Take 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 2 packages active dry yeast, or 1 tablespoon
- Take 2/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- Get 2 eggs
- Make ready 1 1/2 tsp salt
- Get 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Get 5 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
- Make ready filling
- Get 1 cup packed brown sugar
- Take 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 2/3 cup chopped pecans
- Make ready 1/2 cup raisons…(optional)
- Make ready 1/2 cup melted butter
- Get frosting
- Take 1 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
- Take 1 tbsp water (optional, add food coloring)
King Cake is symbolic of the Mardi Gras celebration for residents it is believed that consuming King Cake outside. Southern Maid King Cakes is dedicated to creating wonderful Mardi Gras King Cakes. They are a huge Cinnamon Twist injected with flavored fillings to almost guarantee that they won't be dry. King cakes are mainly consumed during Carnival and Mardi Gras.
Instructions to make Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style:
- Scald the milk, remove from heat and stir in butter. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, disolve yeast in warm water with 1 tablespoon of white sugar. Let stand until creamy, about 5-10 minutes
- When yeast mixture is bubbling, add the milk mixture. Whisk in the eggs.
- Stir in the remaining white sugar,salt and nutmeg. Beat the flour into the milk/egg mixture 1 cup at a time.When the dough has pulled together, turn it onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes.
- Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowland turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1-2 hours
- When risen, punch down and divide dough in half
- Preheat oven to 350°F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- To make FILLING: Combine the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, 1/2 cup flour and raisons. Pour 1/2 cup butterover the cinnamon mixture and mix until crumbly.
- Roll dough halves out into large rectangles(about 10x16 inches or so). sprinkle the filling evenly over the dough and rollup each half tightly like a jelly roll, beginning at the wide side. Bring the ends of each roll together to form 2 oval shaped rings.
- Place each ring on a prepared cookie sheet. With scissors, make cuts 1/3 of the way through the rings at 1 inch intervals. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Frost while cakes are still warm with the confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) blended with 1-2 tablespoons of water.
These are the best king cakes in Louisiana to seek out. When the cake is cut and shared, the finder of the hidden treasure is said to enjoy good luck for the coming year. The lucky recipient may also be expected to bake the King Cake or throw the Mardi Gras party for the following year. Remove the cake from the oven. It is believed that the king cake was brought over to New Orleans from France during the Nineteenth Century.
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