February 16, 2009
Easier way to make a king cake?
So, does anyone have a good king cake recipe to share? A reader asks:
mjstarprojekt asked:
i want to make a king cake but i want an easy recipe, is it possible for me to use a bread machine to make the dough then continue to make the king cake by baking it does ne one have a recipe for doing it that way ? please help im stuck in the north and missing mardi gras, and have to have my traditional king cake !!
So, does anyone have a good king cake recipe to share?
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You know you can always cheat…
King Cake Recipe
Ingredients
1 can of cinnamon rolls, with icing
3/4 cup of sugar, separated into 3 parts of 1/4 each
food coloring
Separate the cinnamon rolls and roll them out by hand so that they look like a hot dog. Shape the roll into an oval, pinch the ends together, and place on a cookie sheet. Cook as directed.
While they are cooking, use food coloring to dye sugar. Make one part purple using blue and red, one part green, and one part gold using yellow. When they are finished cooking, ice the tops with the white icing. Sprinkle the different colors of sugars alternating as you go around the oval. Enjoy!
I don't know if this is too easy for you but this is something we do for the pre-k classes. We let them make their own king cakes and decorate them however they want. Just a suggestion. There's also tons of bakeries that ship them next day, if you just want to buy one. There's a couple really good bakeries around here (Lake Charles) Pronia's, Jo's Party House. Might want to try one of those. Laissez les bons temps rouler!
Easier King Cake
Ingredients:
1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
1 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 gumdrop
1 package (18.25 ounce size) yellow cake mix, batter prepared according to directions
1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon water
3 tablespoons granulated sugar, divided
Red, blue, yellow, and green food color
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9 by 13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Add the lemon peel, nutmeg, and gumdrop to the cake batter and bake in the prepared pan according to the package directions.
Cool completely on a wire rack. In a small bowl, combine the confectioners' sugar, lemon juice, and water until the mixture forms a creamy glaze.
Spread the glaze over the top of the cake. Place 1 tablespoon granulated sugar into each of 3 small resealable plastic storage bags. Add 1 drop of red and 1 drop of blue food color to one bag to create purple sugar; mix well. Add 2 drops of yellow food color to another bag; mix well. Add 2 drops of green food color to the remaining bag; mix well. Sprinkle the colored sugars over the glaze to decorate as desired.