Comments on: Busy Mom’s Mini King Cakes

By: Anthony Morrison

Anthony Morrison — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:31:18 +0000

This is so unfair. I am absolutely hungry now. I just love the stuff you have here.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 14:02:47 +0000

This looks like a great recipe to do a quick and easy version of our Mardi Gras treat. However, as a New Orleans resident, I do have one point of clarification: finding the baby is not merely a honorific. If you get the piece with the baby in it, that means you have to bring the king cake next time 🙂

By: tanya m

tanya m — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 20:59:47 +0000

These are so cute! I’ll have to make a batch up for next year. We lived in New Orleans from 2001 to 2007, so I’ve eaten many a king cake in my time 🙂 But I do want to share one tidbit about the baby in the cake. King cakes begin to be served at the start of the Mardi Gras season, often they are brought to parties, gatherings or workplaces each week until Mardi Gras day finally arrives and the season is over until next year. Tradition states that whoever gets the slice of cake with the baby in it has to provide the next king cake, so many try their best to avoid the baby. It used to be a big old contest at my workplace – who ended up having to provide the most king cakes that year and who got off without having to provide even one all season 🙂

By: Jihane Sinful Sundays

Jihane Sinful Sundays — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 21:35:20 +0000

King cakes are so good, and I like your spin on them! —I want to go to New Orleans and feast on one from there one day. 🙂

By: Blond Duck

Blond Duck — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:30:46 +0000

This looks better than regular king cakes to me!

By: Carolina

Carolina — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:52:34 +0000

What a great idea for an easy-to-make Mardi Gras treat! Tuesday falls in the middle of the week... makes it hard to devote all the time a Kings Cake deserves.

I hope you don't mind, but I added it to my top five Mardi Gras recipes. Feel free to check out the others here:

http://www.best5everything.com/best5ListPages/mardigrasrecipes47718.php

Thanks again for the great idea!

By: The Teacher Cooks

The Teacher Cooks — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:26:21 +0000

I love this idea! They are so cut and easy.

By: KT Mac

KT Mac — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:46:16 +0000

"Barbie with a T" --

You can tint your own sugar and it's very simple!

1. Place granulated sugar into a Ziploc plastic bag.

2. Add a drop or 2 of dye to the bag. Let the color drip on the inside of the bag instead of directly onto the sugar. If using a thick-concentrated coloring, put some dye on a toothpick and wipe it onto the inside of the bag.

3. Close the Ziploc bag. Shake and massage the bag with your fingers until the color is evenly distributed throughout the sugar and all the clumps are removed.

4. Add more color if the color isn't dark enough or add more sugar if it is too dark.

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:14:27 +0000

I have always wanted to make a king cake. Yours look so easy and fun!

By: Jenn slim-shoppin

Jenn slim-shoppin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:47:16 +0000

those are so cute! And so festive!!