MARDI GRAS KINGS CAKE (OPTIONAL BREAD MACHINE VERSION)
My boyfriend is from Louisiana and he misses having his Kings Cake during Mardi Gras time. I hunted down this recipe on AllRecipes and it is delicious! I actually made the dough in my bread machine. This recipe makes two cakes. I
Provided by Baking Girl
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 1h30m
Yield 2 cakes, 32 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- 1.Scald milk with lemon zest, remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup of butter. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water with 1 tablespoon of the white sugar. Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.
- 2.When yeast mixture is bubbling, add the cooled 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 out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.
- 3.Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours. When risen, punch down and divide dough in half.
- FOR BREAD MACHINE: Add liquid in bread machine. Add dry ingredients. Add yeast. Start dough procedure.
- 4.Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- 5.To Make Filling: Combine the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup raisins. Pour 1/2 cup melted butter over the cinnamon mixture and mix until crumbly.
- 6.Roll dough halves out into large rectangles (approximately 10x16 inches or so). Sprinkle the filling evenly over the dough and roll up 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.
- 7.Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Push the doll into the bottom of the cake. Frost while warm with the confectioners' sugar blended with 1 to 2 tablespoons of water.
MARDI GRAS KING CAKE
We LOVE Leah's delicious cake and creative way of tinting her own decorative sugars. A perfect Mardi Gras treat!
Provided by Leah Stacey
Categories Cakes
Number Of Ingredients 22
Steps:
- 1. In a small bowl add the warm water and sprinkle in the yeast with 2 teaspoons of sugar. Allow the yeast and sugar to rest for 5 minutes then mix well. Set the bowl in a warm place for 10 minutes, or until the yeast bubbles and mixture almost doubles in volume.
- 2. Combine 3 1/2 cups flour with 1/2 cup sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt, then sift into a large mixing bowl. Stir in the lemon zest or orange zest. If you have a stand mixer with a dough hook then you can use it to mix all the dough ingredients.
- 3. Create a "hole" in the middle of the bowl with the flour mixture on the sides of the bowl. Gently pour in the yeast mixture and the warm milk into the flour mixture. Add the egg yolks and combine the dry ingredients with the wet mixture. When the dough is smooth cut in the stick of butter 1 Tbsp at a time and continue to fold and combine until the dough can be formed into a soft ball shape.
- 4. Place the ball of dough on a lightly floured surface and knead adding up to another cup of flour in small tablespoon portions at a time. Continue to knead the dough until smooth, shiny and elastic, about 10 minutes or so.
- 5. Coat the inside of a large bowl evenly with 1 Tbsp softened butter. Place the dough ball in the bowl and rotate until the entire surface is buttered. Cover the bowl with a kitchen towel and place in a draft-free place for about 1 1/2 hours, or until the dough doubles in volume. Spray a large cookie sheet or round pizza pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- 6. Remove the dough from the bowl and place on a lightly floured surface. Using your fist punch down the dough with a heavy blow. Roll the dough into a cylinder or tube shape. Twist the dough to form a curled cylinder and loop it onto the baking sheet pan. Pinch the ends of the dough together to complete the circle.
- 7. Cover the dough with a kitchen towel and allow to rise again in a warm location for about 45 minutes or until the dough circle doubles in volume.
- 8. Brush the top and sides of the dough with the egg wash and bake on the middle rack of the oven @ 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes, or until cooked through and golden brown. Cool cake to room temperature on a wire rack. Now is the time to hide the bean or plastic baby. Insert the bean or plastic baby on the bottom of the cake so you can't tell from the top side where it is located.
- 9. While the cake is cooling prepare the tinted sugars by taking three separate bowls with 1/4 cup of sugar in each. Then take the purple food color and slowly drop a dot or two at a time into the sugar. Using a spoon stir to mix and spread the color around until all sugar is tinted. Add more food color as needed. Repeat the process for the green and then the yellow in their own bowls as well. Set the tinted sugars aside.
- 10. After your done mixing the sugars,combine the sugar, lemon juice and 3 tablespoons of water in a deep bowl whisking until smooth. If icing is too stiff whisk in 1 tablespoon water at a time until spreadable.
- 11. Place cooled cake onto a serving platter or heavy cake cardboard and coat the top and sides of the cake with the icing. I like to dip my fingers into the icing and then drizzle it over the top of the cake. While the icing is still fresh immediately sprinkle the tinted sugars in individual rows about 2 to 3 inches wide of the purple, green and gold (yellow).
- 12. Tips on Fillings: You do not have to add a filling but if you do sometimes the baking times vary. You don't want to end up with a doughy center. So you may have to bake it longer. If filling the cake you will want to have your filling prepared prior to the step where you are twisting the dough. In fact, for filled King Cake dough's I will roll the dough out similar to cinnamon roll or danish dough style, instead of the cylinder shape as described above. Then I will sprinkle more cinnamon sugar and then add the filling. Then the dough will get rolled up around the filling jelly roll style. Then the filled dough is added to the baking sheet pan and looped into the circle and pinched before the second rising and baking stages. Typical fillings include sweetened and softened cream cheese, cherry pie filling, blueberry pie filling, lemon filling, custard filling, and my favorite is a double chocolate chocolate cake filling. Typically any pie or doughnut filling will work, you are only limited by your imagination.
- 13. Here is an example of a cream cheese pie filling: Cream Cheese and Fruit Filling 1 Can Cherry, apple or apricot pie filling (16-ounces) 8 Ounces Cream cheese, softened 1/2 Cup Sugar 2 Tsp Flour 2 Each Egg yolks 1 Tsp Vanilla extract Directions: 1. Using a floured roller on a floured surface, roll out the dough into a 30-by-9-inch rectangle as thin as pie crust. Let dough rest. 2. If necessary, drain extra juice from pie filling. Mix the softened cream cheese with the sugar, flour, egg yolks and vanilla. Spoon an inch-wide strip of fruit filling the length of the dough, about 3 inches from the edge. Spoon the cream cheese mixture alongside the fruit, about 3 inches from the edge. Brush the exposed dough with egg wash. 3. Fold or roll one edge of dough over the cream cheese and fruit in jelly roll fashion, and continue to roll the dough to the end, then brush with a little egg wash. Gently place one end of the filled rolled dough onto the greased baking sheet pan, and then ease the rest of the roll onto the pan, joining the ends to form the loop or circle. Add more egg wash to "glue" the ends together. Do not add the egg wash on the whole cake till step 7 is finished. Then pick up from step 7 in the dough directions above.
TWELFTH NIGHT CAKE OR KING CAKE(GALETTE DES ROIS)
This is French and Western Swiss recipe served on Epiphany (January 6th) and is traditionally topped with a gold crown. The one who finds the hidden charm (or bean) in their slice gets to wear the crown!. The twelfth Night cake was born from a disagreement which matched bakers against pastry cooks in the 15th century. Each of them wanted to obtain the monopoly of the manufacture of the symbolic cake. Pastry-cooks are won. But Ce furent les pâtissiers qui l'emportèrent auprès du roi François 1er. But bakers could do something. Bakers played on the words : they invented the twelfth Night cake, which they offered to their customers the Epiphany's day. Each twelfth Night cake hides a charm. Who find the charm in his portion should offer the same twelfth Night cake (which he must pay) to other present persons. (History from http://www.prime.fr/en/history-epiphany-charms.php)
Provided by Artandkitchen
Categories Pie
Time 50m
Yield 8-10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out 1 block of puff pastry to form a 10-inch square. Using a sharp knife, cut out a 10-inch round, using a dinner plate as a guide.
- Repeat this step with the second block of puff pastry.
- To make the filling, combine milk, butter, sugar, vanilla and cornstarch. Add the three lightly beaten eggs and mix until well blended.
- Cook in a pot at low heat stirring continually until it thickens or prepare this in the microwave stopping from time to time to stir it (I prefer to prepare this in the microwave).
- Now take from the heat away, add grated lemon zest, rum and ground almonds.
- Stir all together well.
- To assemble, place the undecorated round of pastry on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
- Spread almond filling over the circle, leaving a 1-inch border. Using a pastry brush, glaze the border with lightly beaten egg.
- Place a trinket or dried bean in the filling.
- Place the second round of pastry over the filling, pressing the edges to seal.
- Using a sharp paring knife, decorate one round with "s" cuts, like swirly spokes going from the centre to the edge of the round or make some cuts "v" shaped cuts with scissors.
- Glaze the top with lightly beaten egg.
- Chill in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Remove and bake for 30 minutes, or until the pastry has puffed up and is golden brown. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Decorate with the gold paper crown.
- Note: if it is your first time observing this tradition, don't forget to warn everyone about the hidden charm or bean!
TWELFTH NIGHT OR KING'S CAKE
Categories Cake Dairy Egg Dessert Bake Kid-Friendly Mardi Gras Fall Small Plates
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- To make the Cake, take a pound and a half of the above-mentioned quality of flour, and put it in a wooden bread trough. Make a hole in the center of the flour, and put in a half ounce of yeast, dissolved in a little warm water.Add milk or tepid water to make the dough, using milk if you want it to be very rich and delicate, and water if you have not the milk. Knead and mix the flour with one hand, while adding milk or water with the other. Make a dough that is neither too stiff or too soft, and when perfectly smooth set the dough to rise in a moderately warm place, covering with a cloth. Remember that if you use milk to make the dought it must be scalded, that is, must be heated to the boiling point, and then allowed to grow tepid.
- Let the dough rise for five or six hours, and, when increased to twice its bulk, take it and add the reserved half pound of flour, into which you will have sifted the salt. Add six eggs, beaten very light with the sugar and butter, and mix all well together, kneading lightly with your hands, and adding more eggs if the dough is a little stiff.
- Then knead the dough by turning it over on itself three times, and set to rise again for an hour or three-quarters of an hour. Cover with a cloth. At the end of this time take it up and work it again lightly, and then form into a great ring, leaving of course, a hole in the center. Pat gently and flatten a little. Have ready a baking pan, with a buttered sheet of paper in it, and set the central roll in the middle.
- Cover the pan with a clean, stiff cloth, and set the Cake to rise for an hour longer. When well risen, set in an oven a few degrees cooler than that used for baking bread (360°); let bake for an hour and a half; if medium, an hour, and if very small, a half hour. Glace the Brioche lightly with a beaten egg, spread lightly over the top before placing in the oven. Decorate with dragees (French: a small candy), caramels, etc.
TWELFTH NIGHT CAKE - KINGS CAKE- EPIPHANY NOT MARDI GRAS
Served at the Epiphany Feast , the 12th night of Christmas which is the observation of the Wise Men's arrival to the manger. Some tradiotions hold that a dried bean and a dried pea are to be placed in the cake batter (on oppostire sides) prior to cooking. The man finding the bean is the King of the Feast and the woman finding the pea is teh Queen of the Feast .
Provided by ValkyrieQueen
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 1 cake, 8-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Beast butter at medium speed until creamy; gradually add brown sugar, beating well.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Combine 3 cups of flour, baking soda, and mace.
- Gradually add to the butter mixture. Mix at a low speed just until blended.
- Combine remaining 1/4 flour slivered almonds, raisins, currants, citron, and lemon peel until coated evenly.
- Stir mixture into batter.
- Spoon batter into three greased and wax paper-lined 9-inch round cake pans. (Drop bean and pea at this time). Bake at 375 for 30-35 or until wooden pick comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove from pans and cool completely.
- Spread apricot filling between layers of cake. Spread White Buttercream Forsting on top and sides. Decorate as desired.
- White Buttercream Frosting:.
- Combine water and meringue powder in a large bowl; beat at high speed until soft peaks form.
- Add 4 cups of confectioners sugar, 1 cup at a time, beating at low speed after each addition. Add remianing sugar alternately with shortening, beating after each. Stir in flavorings.
- Yields: 7 cups frosting for one 3-layer cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2202.8, Fat 91.7, SaturatedFat 39.5, Cholesterol 308, Sodium 934.1, Carbohydrate 343.8, Fiber 8.7, Sugar 283.3, Protein 18.7
ENGLISH TWELFTH NIGHT CAKE
Provided by Moira Hodgson
Categories dessert
Time 3h20m
Yield 8 - 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 300 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a wooden spoon until pale and lemon-colored.
- In a separate bowl beat the eggs. Add the eggs and brandy to the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in the flour and spices and mix thoroughly. Add the raisins, almonds and good-luck bean. Mix thoroughly.
- Butter a 12-inch cake tin and line it with buttered wax paper. Pour in the cake mixture and bake for three hours. If the top browns too much during cooking, cover with foil.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 531, UnsaturatedFat 13 grams, Carbohydrate 61 grams, Fat 28 grams, Fiber 3 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 13 grams, Sodium 39 milligrams, Sugar 37 grams, TransFat 1 gram
TWELFTH NIGHT CAKE
Make and share this Twelfth Night Cake recipe from Food.com.
Provided by jkoch960
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- To prepare the cream, beat the 2 eggs with the sugar; add the cornstarch mixed with the milk and incorporate it. Simmer this mixture while whisking for a few minutes; it will thicken. Once thickened, turn the heat off and add the butter in small cubes, then the almonds and vanilla powder, and then the rum. Mix well.
- Mix the egg yolk with 1 Tbs. milk.
- Place one disk of the puff pastry on a buttered oven sheet; evenly spread the cream on it up to 1/2 inch of the edge; spread the border with a little of the yolk/milk mixture. Cover with the second disk of puff pastry and press the edges to close it up. Decorate with a knife to make designs on the pastry, if desired. Brush the top with the yolk/milk mixture.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes. Serve warm.
DREIKöNIGSKUCHEN / 3 KINGS' CAKE / EPIPHANY CAKE
This cake is usually served on January 6th ("Dreikönigstag" or Epiphany) for breakfast in Switzerland. Who will become king or queen ? Each person takes a piece from the cake. The one with the token will be king or queen of the day and all participants have to fulfill a wish of the king or queen ... Ingredients for a cake of about 25 cm (10 inches) in diameter.
Provided by Lostfairy
Categories Yeast Breads
Time 2h
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Mix flour, sugar, salt and lemon in a bowl.
- Melt the butter and add the cold milk.
- Dissolve yeast in water and add two teaspoons of sugar.
- Stir the eggs and add flour mix of 1.
- Knead to a soft dough.
- Add sultanas and the token and distribute them evenly in the dough.
- Tear dough apart and form six or eight pieces the size of a fist. You may form one bigger piece as the center piece of the cake. Arrange the pieces around the center piece as shown in the picture above. Place the cake on a non-stick tray.
- Let grow in a warm place until the size has doubled.
- Let cool for about one hour.
- Before baking, sweep with the yolk of an egg.
- Bake for about 40 to 50 minutes in the lower part of the pre-heated oven at about 225°C (440°F).
- Let cool and add a crown made out of paper or card.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 788.1, Fat 18.2, SaturatedFat 10.2, Cholesterol 111.8, Sodium 341.7, Carbohydrate 138.3, Fiber 5.8, Sugar 32.7, Protein 19.5
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