Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mardi gras king cake. southern louisiana style. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
If you can't get yourself to Louisiana for Mardi Gras this year, fixing this recipe is the next best thing. In fact, we think it's even better than ordering a mail-order King Cake. This colorful, iconic treat might seem intimidating, but once you let the yeast dough rise, the good time roll together quickly. The King Cake is a New Orleans tradition that involves a pastry, a small plastic baby, and a party.
Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook mardi gras king cake. southern louisiana style using 19 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style:
- Make ready pastry
- Take 1 cup milk
- Prepare 1/2 cup sugar
- Prepare 1/4 cup butter
- Prepare 2 packages active dry yeast, or 1 tablespoon
- Make ready 2/3 cup warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
- Get 2 eggs
- Get 1 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- Make ready 5 1/2 cup All-purpose flour
- Prepare filling
- Prepare 1 cup packed brown sugar
- Get 1/2 tbsp ground cinnamon
- Make ready 2/3 cup chopped pecans
- Prepare 1/2 cup raisons…(optional)
- Prepare 1/2 cup melted butter
- Prepare frosting
- Get 1 cup confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar)
- Get 1 tbsp water (optional, add food coloring)
King Cake has been a long standing tradition around Mardi Gras and the Carnival season. A small plastic baby is baked in the cake, and the lucky reveler who discovers it is said to have good fortune for the year. King Cakes are decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors; gold (for power), green (for faith), and purple (for justice). As for the Baby inside the King Cakes, we put ours on top.
Steps to make Mardi Gras King Cake. Southern Louisiana Style:
- Scald the milk, remove from heat and stir in butter. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature.
- In a large bowl, disolve yeast in warm water with 1 tablespoon of white sugar. Let stand until creamy, about 5-10 minutes
- When yeast mixture is bubbling, add the milk mixture. Whisk in the eggs.
- Stir in the remaining white sugar,salt and nutmeg. Beat the flour into the milk/egg mixture 1 cup at a time.When the dough has pulled together, turn it onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8-10 minutes.
- Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowland turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until double in size, about 1-2 hours
- When risen, punch down and divide dough in half
- Preheat oven to 350°F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.
- To make FILLING: Combine the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, 1/2 cup flour and raisons. Pour 1/2 cup butterover the cinnamon mixture and mix until crumbly.
- Roll dough halves out into large rectangles(about 10x16 inches or so). sprinkle the filling evenly over the dough and rollup each half tightly like a jelly roll, beginning at the wide side. Bring the ends of each roll together to form 2 oval shaped rings.
- Place each ring on a prepared cookie sheet. With scissors, make cuts 1/3 of the way through the rings at 1 inch intervals. Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- Frost while cakes are still warm with the confectioners' sugar (powdered sugar) blended with 1-2 tablespoons of water.
King Cakes are decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors; gold (for power), green (for faith), and purple (for justice). As for the Baby inside the King Cakes, we put ours on top. We are not allowed to hide the baby anymore for liability reasons. Watching my first Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter from atop my cousin's shoulders is a memory I love to conjure up. Right there with that parade, I also recall my first bite of Mardi Gras King Cake.
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