Tasting expert Jack Bishop challenges host Bridget Lancaster to a tasting of a Mardi Gras favorite, king cakes.
Read our taste test of king cakes:
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I wish people would learn ALL the history behind other people's culture before they discredit, minimize, and marginalize cultural traditions. 🙄
No manny randazzo's?? Or randazzo's family in general?? This test is null and void
… you get to bring the cake the following year, if you get the trinket (baby)
So glad I saw this so I can bypass rouses, if it's dry. If it starts out dry, any leftovers will have to be soaked and baked in something else😞
I believe baby is symbol of baby Jesus
There is no way that laugh from the audience was planned at the beginning..lol
Mardi Gras Day or otherwise know as Fat Tuesday has a moveable date and may occur on any Tuesday from February 3rd to March 9th. It is always the day before Ash Wednesday the beginning of Lent, and always falls 46 days before Easter. The Mardi Gras or Carnival season officially begins on January 6th or the "Twelfth Night," also known to Christians as the "Epiphany." Epiphany comes from a Greek word that means "to show." Jesus first showed himself to the three wisemen and to the world on this day. As a symbol of this Holy Day, a tiny plastic baby is placed inside each King Cake.
The King Cake tradition is thought to have been brought to New Orleans from France in 1870. In France it's called a galette des Lois. A King Cake is an oval-shaped bakery delicacy, crossed between a coffee cake and a French pastry that is as rich in history as it is in flavor. It's decorated in royal colors of PURPLE which signifies "Justice," GREEN for "Faith," and GOLD for "Power." These colors were chosen to resemble a jeweled crown honoring the Wise Men who visited the Christ Child on Epiphany. In the past such things as coins, beans, pecans, or peas were also hidden in each King Cake.
At a party, the King Cake is sliced and served. Each person looks to see if their piece contains the "baby." If so, then that person is named "King" for a day and bound by custom to host the next party and provide the King Cake. Everyone has a favorite bakery version and can contain just a cinnamon sugar combination or be filled with bavarian cream, cream cheese, strawberry, blueberry, praline pecan etc. Worth the wait each year.
Randazzo’s are best in my local boy opinion. Whether it’s Manny’s, Caluda’s, Nonna’s or Camilla City. All four are Randazzo’s and all four are equally delicious when fresh. 🎭
Doughy crap! It’s a pumped up plantation sized coffee roll.
Not a single one braided. What a disgrace
What? You didn’t try Manny Randazzo’s king cake? It’s the best!
If you can make Cinnamon rolls you can make king cake.
Randazzo's is my personal favorite as a New Orleanian. I was surprised it wasn't included…
LOL the least fav being from Rouses. Sounds about right.
I used to order King Cakes for my co-workers from Cannata's in Houma, LA. They're DELICIOUS and come in many different flavors. I only stopped because my department got too big — it was costing me a fortune to order multiple cakes, and nobody offered to help with the expense. Cannata's does a great job shipping the King Cakes; they come in a nice FedEx box that keeps them from getting crushed or broken. King Cake kringle from O&H Bakery in Racine, WI makes a decent lower-cost substitute, as mentioned by another commenter.
I do love Gambino's King Cakes, and order them online now that I can't buy them in person. Never had either of the others but I might give Poupart's a try…
They ought to try Cannats's snicker doodle king cake!!
ATK, king of the youtube reruns…
Wise I could get King Cake without the baby but they won't send it to Mexico boowoo
Manny Randazzo's is the BEST!
This is weird for September.
Sorry, I would never spend that much on a large danish type cake.
King Cakes in America started in Mississippi and moved to New Orleans, just as Mardi Gras started in Mobile Alabama and moved to New Orleans. King cakes are served all over the world in predominantly Catholic countries and are known by several different names and are served at different times of the year.
If Gambino's King Cake didn't win…..
I would have unsubscribed. 😁
Stupid dangerous tradition and those who are too lazy to bake a cake need to eat pie. Let them eat pie
Breauxmart mudslide!
In Spain we eat what I understand is the original version of that (Roscón de Reyes) on January to celebrate Epiphany and conclude Christmas season. Ours has orange blossom water, candied fruits, almonds and thick whipped cream. It also has the hidden figurine thing, it actually has two of them, a good one and a bad one (usually a bean) if you get the bean u gotta pay for it but if you get the good one you get a crown!!
Mexicans do this tradition too.
WRONG! If you get the baby you have the buy the next King Cake.
"In European countries, the coming of the Wise Men bearing gifts for the baby Jesus in celebrated annually twelve days after Christmas. Called Epiphany or the Twelfth Night, it is traditionally a time of celebrating and feasting. The French tradition of baking a special cake to honor the three kings, "A King's Cake," began in 1311. Today, King Cakes are enjoyed in Louisiana from the Feast of Epiphany until Mardi Gras day. A plastic or porcelain baby is inserted into the cake to symbolize the Baby Jesus. The cake is covered in sugar, specially colored in purple for justice, green for faith and gold for power – these are also the colors of Mardi Gras. In Louisiana, whoever gets the piece of King Cake with the baby in it must continue the celebration by hosting the next party and providing the next King Cake!" Taken directly from the Pouparts Bakery website. Also eat a Dong Phuong king cake from New Orleans East. Delicious.
Usually I admire ATK videos but this one is a total failure. No mention of other types of king cake, not even a mention of other types of filing (cream cheese for example!). An INCORRECT statement about the significance of getting the baby (as others are noting) which only means you will buy the next king cake. No mention that many locals will buy a bakery king cake and ship themselves to avoid these high prices. Also, I realize this was pre-recorded, but WHY post in September about cakes only available (from good bakeries at least) in the Mardi Gras season. I'd rather see reviews of toothpicks than a light review and inaccurate information.
65 dollars?
Being from New Orleans…and lots of experience with these cakes…PLEASE contact me if you want to do this again…I can give you MUCH better options than what was shown. (And some history)