Photo: Mardi Gras King Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (13.9-ounce) can bread sticks (recommended: Pillsbury)
- 1 (1-inch) heat proof plastic baby
- 1 (12-ounce) can whipped cream cheese frosting (recommended: Pillsbury)
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Green sanding sugar
- Purple sanding sugar
- Gold (yellow) sanding sugar
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper; set aside.
Open bread sticks. Press together the ends of 2 of the sticks to make 1 long stick. Repeat with the remaining bread sticks giving you 6 long sticks. Taking 3 at a time, loosely braid together. Repeat with remaining dough. Pinch the braids together end to end.
Leaving a 3-inch hole in the middle, loosely coil braids around one another on prepared baking sheet. Press ends together.
Bake in preheated oven for 16 to 20 minutes or until completely golden brown. Remove from oven and cool completely. Carefully insert the baby into the cake in between the seams of the braid.
In a medium pot combine the cream cheese frosting and heavy cream. Heat over low heat until warm and smooth, stirring constantly. Pour glaze over cake and sprinkle with sanding sugars.
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By whimsypops
St. Amant, Loui...
on January 28, 2012
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If I could give this negative stars I would. This in no way tastes like a real King Cake. The only similarity is the three colors of sugar on the top. Real King Cakes are rich and buttery with cinnamon, nutmeg, and lemon notes. Dry bread with a disgusting glaze is an insult to King Cakes. The only way someone would call this good is if they have never had a real traditional King Cake.
By Cricket714
Central Florida
on December 17, 2011
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I LOVE this!! It's the BEST recipe I've made from the Food Network!!! Now I did not use the entire can of frosting...and I used milk instead of heavy cream...but it was SO pretty that I had to take pictures of it...and ALMOST didn't want to eat it!!
It tasted absolutely DIVINE!!! YUMMY!!!
So now I have something I can make for an occasion...and something I can also make for my family anytime. THANK YOU, thank you, thank you! :
By burmadavisposey
Heathrow, FL
on October 11, 2011
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Sandra Lee is a wonderful creative "Idea Person" and I love her show!!! Today I am taking her fun idea for a King Cake and making it instead for my next Baby Shower! I will do the same thing I do when I make a cinnamon rolls with Pillsbury biscuits. I will dip each bread stick into melted butter, then roll them in blended cinnamon sugar prior to braiding. After baking and frosting the braided ring, I will use pink and blue sugar if my Mom guest of honor doesn't know the sex of her baby, blue sugar if the baby is a boy, and pink sugar if the baby is a girl. The guest who gets the plastic baby will also win a prize. Thank you Sandra!!! I LOVE entertaining and you inspire my creative juices on a regular basis!!!
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