Comments on: King Cake http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158 The only Food Blog written by Jesse Sharrard Sun, 03 May 2026 22:16:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » King Cake Question http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-146415 Corduroy Orange » Blog Archive » King Cake Question Tue, 08 Mar 2011 13:31:17 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-146415 [...] tried making your king cake twice now and it just doesn’t work.  The dough never rises.  You say it’s easy to [...] [...] tried making your king cake twice now and it just doesn’t work.  The dough never rises.  You say it’s easy to [...]

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]]> By: kari http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1310 kari Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:52:38 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1310 if I forget next year, please remind me that the baby is living in my jewelry box! gramma also made sure that there were pieces of cake with no money for babies and people who couldn't be trusted not to swallow coin. And! don't cook the money! put it in before you frost! if I forget next year, please remind me that the baby is living in my jewelry box!

gramma also made sure that there were pieces of cake with no money for babies and people who couldn’t be trusted not to swallow coin. And! don’t cook the money! put it in before you frost!

]]> By: jwsharrard http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1304 jwsharrard Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:15:19 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1304 When you buy a King Cake in New Orleans, it's always a brioche-type dough with some sort of filling; I believe that is the traditional format. A token in another kind of cake would accomplish the goal of coronating a king (or queen) just as well, but wouldn't have the same taste/flavor, which, when it comes right down to it, is something that I associate with the holiday. I've recently learned about a couple of other token-containing cakes: Ribbon Pulls are a Southern wedding tradition. Several clairvoyant charms, each tied to a long ribbon, are hidden inside a cake with the ribbon trailing out. The bride chooses several single women from within her reception each to pull the end of a ribbon; the charm each gets is supposed to tell each woman's future. Money Cake is something that Kari's grandmother used to make for people's birthdays. She would hide several coins inside the cake and secretly marked where the highest concentration was to be found so that the guest of honor would get the most money. PS---Hooray, Janice! When you buy a King Cake in New Orleans, it’s always a brioche-type dough with some sort of filling; I believe that is the traditional format. A token in another kind of cake would accomplish the goal of coronating a king (or queen) just as well, but wouldn’t have the same taste/flavor, which, when it comes right down to it, is something that I associate with the holiday.

I’ve recently learned about a couple of other token-containing cakes:

Ribbon Pulls are a Southern wedding tradition. Several clairvoyant charms, each tied to a long ribbon, are hidden inside a cake with the ribbon trailing out. The bride chooses several single women from within her reception each to pull the end of a ribbon; the charm each gets is supposed to tell each woman’s future.

Money Cake is something that Kari’s grandmother used to make for people’s birthdays. She would hide several coins inside the cake and secretly marked where the highest concentration was to be found so that the guest of honor would get the most money.

PS—Hooray, Janice!

]]> By: Mom http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1299 Mom Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:04:14 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1299 I watched you make bread when we were there at Christmas. For the past 30 years, I've been making bread with my electric mixer and have always put the water in first and added flour as needed to get the dough the proper consistency. I guess it's hard to learn new ways but I still feel more confident with my way and feel that I have more control over the dough. Just goes to show that there's more than 1 way to make bread. I'm hoping to use my day off to make a King Cake today. I watched you make bread when we were there at Christmas. For the past 30 years, I’ve been making bread with my electric mixer and have always put the water in first and added flour as needed to get the dough the proper consistency. I guess it’s hard to learn new ways but I still feel more confident with my way and feel that I have more control over the dough. Just goes to show that there’s more than 1 way to make bread. I’m hoping to use my day off to make a King Cake today.

]]> By: Janice http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1292 Janice Mon, 19 Feb 2007 03:20:23 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1292 I think I got the "rehid" Baby Jesus which was in the Apricot Cream Cake. I will make a King Cake next year. I think I got the “rehid” Baby Jesus which was in the Apricot Cream Cake. I will make a King Cake next year.

]]> By: Lydia http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1291 Lydia Mon, 19 Feb 2007 02:15:11 +0000 http://corduroyorange.com/?p=158#comment-1291 Your king cake looks beautiful! I always wondered whether King Cake had a particular recipe, or whether it was just named for the king hidden inside any kind of cake? Your king cake looks beautiful! I always wondered whether King Cake had a particular recipe, or whether it was just named for the king hidden inside any kind of cake?

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