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Post by Cajunate on Jan 11, 2013 8:08:03 GMT -6
Yesterday on the way to work I decided on the spur of the moment to stop in at one of the local bakeries and grab a King cake. This one will be from Frances' bakery and is the first one of the year for us which some years we have had many and some years only a couple. For the first one of 2013 I chose to get a cream cheese filled version. This one going to be a good one. I could smell it through the plastic bag it was in. . When I got to work I brought it into the office because it was getting ready to pour down raining and the dampness in the air was going to make the sugar and icing topping get all melty gooey and stick to the bag. So, I brought it in and put it on one of the counters. I have to say several times during the day I was very tempted to open it and cut off a big chunk to eat. Instead I fought off that craving and it wasn't long after eating dinner that I had to have a slice. Sweet delicious goodness! As you can see in this picture the cream cheese filling is actually a filling baked into the cake. Many others put the filling in the center of the top of the cake and cover that with the icing and colored sugars. This is a really good King cake and so far no one has gotten the baby yet. I'm thinking I'll cut a slice to bring with me to work for a lil snack later today. With my luck I'll probably get the baby and have to buy the next King cake. I'm thinking about making my own homemade version this weekend.
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Post by Cajunate on Jan 11, 2013 11:13:28 GMT -6
Well I was getting ready to bite into that slice brought for a mid morning snack and what do I find? The BABY! Lol...... Looks like I'll be buying the next King cake. Sorry, not a very good picture. I used an older camera from the office. Reminds me of a time many years ago where I used to work. We used to have a King cake every Friday. It never failed that some people always managed to NOT get the baby whenever someone brought in a King cake. Well, I put a stop to that. On an occaision that I had gotten the baby and it was my turn to bring in the cake for the following Friday I knew someone that worked at the bakery I got the cake from. I special ordered a cake with about two dozen King cake babies in it. That way EVERYONE was darn sure going to get a baby. The person that got the little brown baby was the one who was the designated winner or loser depending how you look at it. Needless to say we all had a laugh and someone did indeed get the brown baby. I'll never forget that.
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Post by Cajunate on Jan 12, 2013 17:51:31 GMT -6
Alright the first King cake was delicious and my son had an ahnvie for another King cake so he went out and came home with not one but two King cakes. These are from Manny Randazzo's and he was told these were the last two they had. This was about 11:30 this morning. The two he came home with are another cream cheese filled and a Pecan Praline topping version. The Cream Cheese filled one is good but the one from Frances' Bakery was better. Now the Pecan Praline topped one is delicious! Cream Cheese Filled And of course my luck prevails. I cut right into the baby this time. The Pecan Praline Topping KC.
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