Then, someone excitedly waved around a tiny plastic baby plucked from their slice. Even though I didn’t have any previous knowledge of King Cake or its history, I could tell there was something ...

At a king cake party, the cake still contains a traditional trinket—usually a small baby, which some say represents the baby Jesus. There is another, more entertaining theory that a local bakery ...

Andrew confessed he had never eaten king cake, so in the spirit of the season, we brought one to the studio for a taste test. “There’s a little plastic baby that’s hidden in the cake,” I ...

PHOTOS PROVIDED Participants in Covenant Cafe for March enjoyed a fun Mardi Gras celebration recently. The group got to put ...

IT’S GOT THE BABY IN IT. IT’S KIND OF A, YOU KNOW, HUNT AND SEARCH FOR THE BABY. BABY AND THE KING CAKE. IT’S REALLY FUN. I THINK IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT I SHOULD PROBABLY COVER ALL MY ...

“Everyone hoped they didn’t get the baby, because it meant you had to get the next king cake, and we were always broke,” a New Orleans native named Bryan Wilson told me. “When I share a ...

Andrew was also unaware of the "surprise" inside King cakes. "Did you get the baby?" I asked "Wait. There's a baby in this cake?" replied Andrew. "There's a little plastic baby that's hidden in ...