Mardi Gras King Cake

Even though I've never been to New Orleans I've always wanted to. I feel that if I make a popular cuisine from a particular region then I'm that much closer to what it's like to actually being there (especially considering most of my vacations are based on where to get good food!).

King Cake is infamous for Mardi Gras. It's more of a bread than a cake and it's basically a giant cinnamon roll. I tested this on my friend who adores King Cake, New Orleans and Mardi Gras and I knew she would be my biggest critic or champion, depending on the outcome. Thankfully she loved it and said it was very moist compared to the one's she's previously tried.

I think the moistness has something to do with the combination of ingredients in the recipe. It's basically a brioche bread dough filled with a cinnamon sugar pastry cream and then drenched with a cream cheese frosting. So yes, lot's of eggs, milk and very little flour = a moist King Cake!