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    2 hrs

    1 hrs 45 mins

    15 mins

    Connie K's Note:

    After making this for the office Mardi Gras party, I got requests to make this for birthdays, baseball's opening day, everything and anything. The dough, from Southern Living, is very rich and easy to work. The cream cheese filling is wonderful! I usually make the frosting all yellow, coloring the sugars the three colors. You can adjust the amount of food colors for your own preference. I like my colors a little more intense. I also slip in a plastic baby after baking from the underside of the cake.

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    Ingredients:

    Serves: 28

    Yield:

    cakes

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    Dough

    Cream Cheese Filling

    Colored Frosting

    • 3 cups powdered sugar
    • 3 tablespoons butter, melted
    • 3 tablespoons milk
    • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 drops green food coloring
    • 2 drops yellow food coloring
    • 2 drops blue food coloring
    • 2 drops red food coloring

    Colored sugars

    • 1 1/2 cups white sugar
    • 2 drops green food coloring
    • 2 drops yellow food coloring
    • 2 drops red food coloring
    • 2 drops blue food coloring

    Directions:

    1. 1
      Cook first 4 ingredients in a saucepan over low heat, stirring often, until butter melts; Cool mixture to 100 degrees to 110 degrees.
    2. 2
      Dissolve yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar in 1/2 cup warm water in a large bowl; let stand 5 minutes; Add butter mixture, eggs, and 2 cups flour; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until smooth; Gradually stir in enough remaining flour to make a soft dough.
    3. 3
      Turn dough onto a lightly floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, about 10 minutes; Place in a well-greased bowl, turning to grease top; Cover and let rise in a warm place (85 degrees), free from drafts, 1 hour or until doubled in bulk.
    4. 4
      Using an electric mixer, mix cream cheese until smooth; Add egg and blend well; Add sugar, salt and vanilla and mix until smooth and creamy; Set aside.
    5. 5
      Punch dough down; divide in half; Turn 1 portion out onto a lightly floured surface; roll to a 28- x 10-inch rectangle; Spread half each of cream cheese mixture on dough; Roll dough, jellyroll fashion, starting at long side; Place dough roll, seam side down, on a lightly greased baking sheet; Bring ends together to form an oval ring, moistening and punching edges together to seal; Repeat with remaining dough and cream cheese mixture.
    6. 6
      Cover and let rise in a warm place, free from drafts, 20 minutes or until doubled in bulk.
    7. 7
      Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden.
    8. 8
      Decorate with bands of Colored Frostings, and sprinkle with Colored Sugars.
    9. 9
      COLORED FROSTINGS: Stir together powdered sugar and melted butter; Add milk to reach desired consistency for drizzling; stir in vanilla; Divide frosting into 3 batches, tinting 1 green, 1 yellow, and combining red and blue food coloring for purple frosting.
    10. 10
      COLORED SUGARS: Place 1/2 cup sugar and drop of green food coloring in a zip-top plastic bag; seal; Shake and squeeze vigorously to evenly mix color with sugar; Repeat procedure with 1/2 cup sugar and yellow food coloring; For purple, combine 1 drop red and 1 drop blue food coloring before adding to remaining 1/2 cup sugar.

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    Ratings & Reviews:

    • on February 24, 2009

      45

      Yummy recipe! I did make a few changes. I made the dough in my bread machine on the dough setting. I added ingredients in this order: melted butter, sour cream, water, sugar, salt, flour, eggs, and dry yeast on top. I also added lemon extract and cinnamon. To the flour, I added 1 Tablespoon of cornstarch to each cup of flour in order to make "cake" flour. The texture is extremely soft and flakey-like a Entemman's Cheese Danish!! I forgot the egg in the cream cheese filling. But it still turned out really good. I added more lemon extract to the frosting in addition to the vanilla.

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    • on January 15, 2011

      55

      I'm from New Orleans and have had pretty much every bakery's king cake. This recipe could easily compete with the top ones! My husband said this one was the best he's ever had, and I'd have to agree. A couple of changes I made - added a few drops of almond extract to the icing and used about half the amount the recipe called for. I prefer a lightly drizzled icing (just enough so the sugar sticks). Also, right before adding the filling, I lightly sprinkled cinnamon and sugar on the rolled out dough. I will definitely make this again!

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    • on February 20, 2010

      55

      really good! (but a little messy) I also only made 1/2 the icing the second time I made this recipe, and used it more sparingly like a glaze.

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    Nutritional Facts for King Cake

    Serving Size: 1 (110 g)

    Servings Per Recipe: 28

    Amount Per Serving
    % Daily Value
    Calories 354.0
     
    Calories from Fat 114
    32%
    Total Fat 12.7 g
    19%
    Saturated Fat 7.1 g
    35%
    Cholesterol 54.5 mg
    18%
    Sodium 194.3 mg
    8%
    Total Carbohydrate 55.3 g
    18%
    Dietary Fiber 0.9 g
    3%
    Sugars 32.7 g
    130%
    Protein 5.2 g
    10%
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