No, it has nothing to do with Dr. Martin Luther King.

I know the boys in the Sip and the neighbors in LA know what I'm talking about.

These things are Fantastic!!! I'm already on my second. First one was a plain. Second one is cream cheese/strawberry filled.

Just curious if most everyone is familiar with them. Its a Mardi Gras thing.

I'm familiar, but living in Nebraska I have not had the chance to partake. They look good on the food network.

I thought I would type the history of the King Cake for the folks that don't know.......

The King Cake is believed to have originated in France around the 12th Century. These early Eutopeans celebrated the coming of the 3 wise men bearing gifts twelve days after Christmas calling it the feast of the Epiphany. Twelfth Night or Kings's Day.

The main part of the celebration was the baking of a King Cake to honor the 3 Kings. Teh cakes were made circular to portray the circular route used by the kings to get to the Christ Child. In these early King Cakes, a bean, a pea or a coin was hidden inside the cake. The person who got the hidden piece was declared the King for the day, or was said to have good luck in the coming year.

In LA, 12th Night also signifies the begining of the carnival season, which ends on Mardi Gras Day. Teh beans, peas and coin have been replaced with a small plastic baby to symbolize the Christ Child. The person who gets the baby is expected to carry on the carnival festivities by hosting the next King Cake Party.

No, I didn't look for typos.

I hope someone learned something.

My old housemate was from New Orleans.

His dad used to send us King Cakes.

BEST CAKE EVAR. Get your hands on one.

butter pecan and cream cheese made by a little bakery right here in gonzales... They also make a "Zulu" one with coconut and choclate icing.... Damn Mattie, I'm going to have to stop on my way home and get one now...

who found the baby?

I've been wanting to buy one of these for the last 3 years or so. Someone from "the sip," Poplarville actually, gave me a couple links where I could order some, but I never did it.

Randazzo's Bakery does some of the best in the city and they ship worldwide. Google their neme and you'll find their web-site.

good ****, we make a coupel every year - google it lizard boy the recipes are easy.

One place I think that was recommended

http://kingcake.com/ 

Randazzo's (almost the same address as above)

http://www.kingcakes.com/ 

Absolutely!

What's better? Traditional King Cake or a filled King Cake (filled with additional ingredients...cream cheese, pecan praline, other fruit fillings, etc)?

I prefer filled.

Mattie also likes Queen cake....It's right 'up his alley' so to speak!

Afer some googling and reading reviews, the names that come up most of the time in various forums and food websites are

http://www.gambinos.com/shop/default.php 

http://www.haydelbakery.com/default.asp 

And Randazzo's link above.

99.9% of the time Randazzo's and Haydels came up and were highly recommended.

I lived in L.A. for nearly 20 years and I never heard of King Cake.

Seriously?

#16...that's because they don't make one in granola or avacado. 🙂

Sounds like Mattie ate the baby

(Dave got it...)

LOL!