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King Cake

Emeril Lagasse

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  • on February 21, 2012

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

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  • on January 10, 2012

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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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  • on February 22, 2011

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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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  • on February 18, 2011

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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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  • on January 17, 2011

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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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  • on February 16, 2010

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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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  • on February 12, 2010

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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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  • on February 21, 2007

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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.

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  • on February 11, 2007

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    ...and I've never tasted a king cake that was so awful (and I've tasted plenty! I even reduced the amount of lemon juice in the icing, as recommened in these reviews, but the icing was the best part. I followed this recipe very carefully, but it's so thick, dry and tasteless that my family turned their N'Awlins noses at it and suggested that I throw it out. Do yourself a favor and search for your New Orleans recipes at the Times-Picayune Newspaper's web site http://www.nola.com/food/

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  • on July 18, 2006

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    Made this for a Mardi-Gras themed Girl Scout camping weekend, and it was a big hit. Took some time to prepare, but hey, it is a cake! Kids enjoyed finding the baby. I would make this again for a mardi gras party!

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