King cake baby

Here's everything you ever wanted to know about king cakes, the colorful, baby-stuffed pastries served during Mardi Gras season.

Mardi Gras would be incomplete without this sweet pastry

Let the good times roll and celebrate Mardi Gras' most delicious tradition, the king cake. Learn all about king cake traditions, and meaning behind the king cake baby on Always The Holidays! #KingCake #KingCakeTraditions

Learn how to make a king cake for Mardi Gras, and what it means if you find the king cake baby.

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In New Orleans, after the cake is baked a tiny toy baby is often inserted into it. Whoever gets the piece with the baby is supposed to have a year of good luck. The catch is they must also throw a Mardi Gras party next year. — Stacey West-Feather, Jay, Oklahoma

King cakes have been around longer than Mardi Gras, so how did the colorful cakes become a Fat Tuesday staple? Yahoo Life asked New Orleans foodies to...

Our recipe for King Cake is a non-traditional but easy take on the dessert that we like to call the Kiddie King Cake (and simple enough to make with little ones). You can have fun playing around with the King Cake fillings, too.

a rendition of the traditional mardi gras king cake starts with a soft vanilla blondie base with swirls of cinnamon and pecans through topped with a smooth icing and colored sugar crystals.