King Cakes

I know absolutely nothing about Mardi Gras. I've seen that type of bread before in photos, what is it like? Is it a sweet bread or just a regular bread that's decorated that way?

It is a sweet bread made with yeast, not really a cake dough. The topping is powdered sugar and milk drizzled over and sprinkled with gold, green, and purple sugar crystals, the traditional Mardi Gras colors. Inside each one is a tiny plastic baby. Early in the period between Epiphany (Jan 6) and Mardi Gras, getting the baby in your piece means you have to have the next party and/or supply the next King cake. Since yesterday was the last day for King cakes before next January, we bent the tradition a bit and made it a symbol of luck for the person who found it.

You know that I have to ask this: is the baby inside the cake 1:12 scale?

-Susanne

:lol: It's one of those little baby shower favor babies, an inch and a quarter long. That would only be 15 inches long in 1:12, so maybe it's 1:24?