SUPER EASY MARDI GRAS KING CAKE
Do you love the way a King Cake brightens up your party but hate the time it takes to bake one? Here's an easy recipe that's fast and fun and easier than pie! A small plastic baby inserted into the side of the cake will bring good luck in the coming year to whoever discovers it in their slice of cake. Beads, additional plastic babies, curly ribbon, and other festive trinkets can be used to decorate the cake.
Provided by BUDDHAFULDREAMER
Categories Desserts Cakes Holiday Cake Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Open the cans of sweet roll dough and unroll the dough from each can into 3 strands. Working on a clean surface, place 3 dough strands side by side and gather them together to make one large strand. Fold this in half, and roll slightly to make a fat log. Repeat steps with the remaining dough. Place each log on the prepared baking sheet and shape to make a ring, overlapping the ends and pinching them together to make a complete circle. Pat the dough into shape as necessary to make the ring even in size all the way around. Cover loosely with foil.
- Bake in preheated oven until firm to the touch and golden brown, 50 to 60 minutes. Check often for doneness so the ring doesn't overbake. Place on a wire rack and cool completely.
- Place the cake ring on a serving plate. Cut a slit along the inside of the ring and insert a small plastic baby, pushing it far enough into the cake to be hidden from view.
- Divide the frosting evenly between 4 bowls. Stir 1 tablespoon of milk into each bowl to thin the frosting. Use the frosting in one bowl to drizzle over the cooled cake. To the remaining three bowls of frosting, stir yellow food coloring into one and green into another. Stir the red and blue food colorings together with the frosting in a third bowl to make purple frosting. Drizzle the cake with yellow, green, and purple frostings in any desired pattern. Dust the cake with multi-colored sprinkles and decorate with beads, additional plastic babies, curly ribbon, and other festive trinkets.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 606.1 calories, Carbohydrate 95.4 g, Cholesterol 0.4 mg, Fat 22.9 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 5.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.8 g, Sodium 865.3 mg, Sugar 41.5 g
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Amit Kapar
amit@gmail.comWow! This Mardi Gras King Cake is a work of art.
w4 waseeq
w@aol.comThis cake looks amazing! I can't wait to try it.
Amy Whitehouse
w.a@hotmail.comI've never made a Mardi Gras King Cake before, but this recipe looks easy enough to try.
Nawanji Justine
nawanji16@yahoo.comI'm planning to make this cake for my next party. It looks so good!
Deborah Harville
d40@aol.comThis cake is perfect for Mardi Gras! It's festive and delicious.
naveed jaan
naveed@gmail.comThis recipe is a keeper! I'll definitely be making it again next year.
suzzie mutheu
suzzie72@yahoo.comThe cake was easy to make, but it didn't turn out as moist as I would have liked.
Olwethu Mofokeng
o_m@hotmail.comThis cake was a little too sweet for my taste, but everyone else seemed to love it.
Jabulani t Thokozan
jt@yahoo.comI'm not a big fan of almond filling, so I substituted it with a cream cheese filling. It was still delicious!
Latif Xain
x_l44@gmail.comThis is my favorite Mardi Gras King Cake recipe! I love the combination of the sweet dough and the almond filling.
MUNENE SADAT K
k10@aol.comI've made this cake for years and it's always a crowd-pleaser. The recipe is simple to follow and the cake always turns out moist and flavorful.
Maya Magar
magar76@yahoo.comThis Mardi Gras King Cake was a huge hit at our party! It was so easy to make and turned out absolutely delicious. The almond filling was a perfect touch.