Plus, it comes with a surprise, per Mardi Gras fashion: a fake plastic ... At a king cake party, the cake still contains a traditional trinket—usually a small baby, which some say represents ...

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 ...

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 ...

it's kind of a hunt and search for the baby in the King Cake. It's really fun."The "baby" Osting referred to is a non-toxic plastic toy baked into the cake. Traditionally, the person who finds the ...

It’s king cake season, a yearly culinary celebration ... where everyone can get a slice with hopes of finding the plastic baby placed within the cake. The origins of the plastic baby are murky ...

A tradition is to eat King Cake (with a tiny plastic baby Jesus as a prize). So, what is King Cake? It is an oval or ring-shaped sweet yeast bread that sometimes contains a filling and is ...

King cake is rooted in religious tradition—it ... A particularly tiny brown-skinned plastic baby tumbled out of a crevice in my slice—my first fève of the trip. “I’ve had people come ...

King cakes are similar in taste and texture to a cinnamon roll and are often topped with green, yellow, and purple sprinkles. A small plastic baby figurine is typically hidden inside the cake ...