What do you hide in a King Cake?

Table of Contents:

1. What do you hide in a King Cake?
2. Why is King Cake dry?
3. How do you serve king cake?
4. What do you do on Fat Tuesday?
5. Who celebrates Fat Tuesday?
6. What is the importance of Fat Tuesday?

What do you hide in a King Cake?

Other tokens like coins, pecans, peas—even rings—were hidden inside the cakes. Most recently, porcelain, and then plastic, baby figurines became popular hidden treasures in king cakes, which some say represent the baby Jesus.

Why is King Cake dry?

According to tradition, a little plastic baby is put inside the cake, and the lucky person who lands the piece with the baby is supposed to provide the king cake next year. But like fruit cake, it often gets a bad rap for being tasteless and dry due to the custom in which it's baked.

How do you serve king cake?

Each King Cake traditionally comes with a plastic baby. Most bakeries leave the baby outside the cake, to be inserted before the cake is served, preventing lawsuits in case someone chokes on it or breaks a tooth. Contrary to some beliefs, the baby does not symbolize the baby Jesus.

What do you do on Fat Tuesday?

Fat Tuesday is the culmination of a two-week celebration that includes food, parades and pageantry. “Fat Tuesday” is the last day of Mardi-Gras because folks stuff themselves with all the rich foods, meats and desserts they can before fasting for lent.

Who celebrates Fat Tuesday?

Every year, the people of New Orleans celebrate Mardi Gras, which is French for "Fat Tuesday." This holiday is the day before Ash Wednesday, and it begins a season of fasting, called Lent, for many Christians leading up to Easter Sunday.

What is the importance of Fat Tuesday?

It commemorates the visit of the three kings -- or wise men or magi -- to the Christ child on the 12th night after his birth, for a celebration, gifts and feasting. Christians in Spain, Latin America and the United States mark the occasion with parades, gifts and family feasts.