Fat Tuesday – Let them eat cake, King Cake that is!
A quick & easy version starts with refrigerated crescent rolls!
King Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 pkg (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
- 1⅓ cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg
- 1½ tbsp granulated sugar
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 medium Granny Smith apples
- 2 pkg (8 oz each) refrigerated crescent rolls
- ¼ cup pecan halves, chopped
- 4-5 tsp milk
- Purple, yellow, and green colored sugar for decorating
- And a plastic baby – be careful that no one swallows it!
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- In large bowl combine cream cheese and ⅓ cup powdered sugar until well blended.
- Add egg to the bowl, whisk until smooth.
- In another bowl combine granulated sugar and cinnamon.
- Core, peel and slice the apples.
- Toss apple slices with sugar mixture.
- Unroll crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles.
- Arrange triangles in a circle on the Large Round Stone, or a parchment lined sheet pan with wide ends overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. (Points will extend off edge.)
- Using the Baker’s Roller®, roll wide ends of dough toward the center to create a 5″ round opening. (You can also use your grandkids clean hands and pat the dough.)
- Spread half of the cream cheese mixture over dough in a continuous circle.
- Spread the apple slices evenly over cream cheese mixture.
- Pour remaining cream cheese mixture over apples and sprinkle with pecans.
- Bring points of triangles up over filling and tuck tips under dough at the center to form a ring.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.
- While cake is baking – mix remaining 1 cup of powdered sugar with the milk; whisk the glaze mixture until it’s just thin enough to drizzle.
- Remove ring from the oven and let it cool for 5 minutes.
- Drizzle ring with glaze and sprinkle each wedge with alternating purple, yellow, and green sugar.
- Cut cake into 16 slices and enjoy!
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Enjoy!
COOK’S TIP:
King Cakes are oval-shaped to symbolize unity of faiths. Each cake is decorated in the traditional Mardi Gras colors – purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power.
