King Cake

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This was the worst King Cake dough I have ever had. I have made many king cakes, but I am still looking for the perfect dough, this sure wasn't it. Ended up adding about another cup of milk as the dough was so dry while mixing it, never came together like a good yeast dough should.
Had to work it so hard to roll it out too, it shouldn't be that hard. I filled it with cream cheese and jam, which was about the only thing that gave it any moisture at all.
Plus... why on earth would one preheat the oven at the beginning of this recipe, you don;t put it in the over for about 3 hours. I knew that so I didn't, but I have to feel bad for the beginner that heats up the kitchen for so long. BAD, BAD, BAD.

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This recipe is PERFECT! I had so much fun baking this and the King Cakes turn out incredible every time. I've been baking them using this recipe for 3 or 4 years or so now and they're always amazing. I love to add a filling just because its more fun that way and being a south Louisiana native, I've been spoiled by Gambino's. These put my local bakery's king cakes to shame. I've read reviews of these being dry and I've never had that problem and belive me, I've eaten these all my life and I'm King Cake picky. I have only made it once without a filling and it wasn't dry, but not as moist as they are when I do. Great recipe, thanks so much!

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Not even close to a King Cake dry and what happened to the filling. Bummer!!!

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Thank You Emeril for this recipe!!! From one who spends $75+ ordering king cakes from Haydel's and Gambino's Bakery's (in NOLA each year I just got tired of spending the $$$. I found this recipe the day of the LSU championship and made it with out the citron and added lemon to the icing, I added a danish cream cheese/ ricotta filing to the inside and "BAMM" i got my king cake quicker and a whole lot cheaper than ordering it straight from the king cake masters. To everyone says this cake is dry, if you don't add a filling then it will be a little bit, that is the essence of a king cake.

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Extremely dry!!! What a disappointment after taking such care in creating it! Beautiful to look at...but the taste~~a bummer:( As pretty as it is...it will probably be tossed.

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I made this cake and wasn't a fan. The people I served it to weren't fans either. Somebody brought another King cake and it was eaten much faster than mine. It was very dry and didn't have much flavor. Sorry, but there are better recipes.

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This is a great recipe if you want the real good ol' Louisiana King Cake. I made it almost exactly like the recipe and it was nearly perfect. The only thing I did different was that I separated the dough into 3 pieces and braided it, representing the 3 Kings. My only complaint is that it is very dense, which is why I gave it 4 stars, not 5. Perhaps this is just how the recipe is or maybe I made mistakes. It is very moist, but quite dense. It looked gorgeous and tasted lovely.

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We recently moved and I didn't have access to our family's traditional recipe for King Cake so I used this one. My Grammy told me that there are as many king cake recipes as there are bakers. It was not exactly the same as the one our family has used in the past, but it was very good and I would recommend it to anyone. I made it according to the recipe and did not change a thing. It was delish and even my Grammy liked it.

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THE PROCESS IS LOOONG! but the end result is tasty.. i used this recipie for our super bowl party last weekend and it was well received by ALL !

(i didn't use the citron

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This recipe makes a very delicious bread, that's beautiful when finished...I prefer the cream cheese filling because I'm not a huge fan of almond paste, which is what other recipes I've seen call for. This is the second year I've made this, and it's now become a requested Mardi Gras tradition in my neighborhood.