King cake is oval-shaped and is typically topped with icing and sugar or sprinkles colored with the traditional Mardi Gras yellow, green, and purple. And inside each cake? A plastic baby hiding in ...

But there are traditional Mardi Gras recipes, too—including king cake. We explain exactly what king cake is, why people hide a toy baby in it and how to make it yourself for a festive treat.

"We put a little pig on ours," Scales said. King cake can come in different forms: A more traditional French king cake lacks the frosting and sprinkles and instead is a simple pastry with filling.

Until Mardi Gras, we're sampling far and wide around the king cake realm. Here's today's cake: Tartine appears to follow the general form of the traditional king cake with its brioche braids ...

King cake is eaten on January 6 in honor of Epiphany ... selling king cakes — whether you’re in the market for the traditional brioche ring version or something fancied up with peanut butter ...

Carnival is here and that means the season for king cake is wide open. Through Mardi Gras this season, we’re sampling far and wide around the king cake realm. Here’s today’s cake ...

A traditional King Cake is a blend of coffee cake and a cinnamon roll with loads of sugar. The King Cake comes from the biblical story of the three kings who brought gifts to Baby Jesus.

The full cake boxes come with Mardi Gras beads and a baby, and you can sample mini versions of the traditional king cake, complete with a cute gold baby trinket, at Café NOMA in the New Orleans ...