Homemade King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling

Name: Homemade King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling
Prep time: 3 h 5 min
Cook time: 3 h 5 min
Total time: 3 h 5 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 118 milliliters warm water; 2 packages active dry yeast; 2 teaspoons sugar; 946 milliliters flour; 118 milliliters sugar; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon freshly ground nutmeg; 1 zest of lemon; 118 milliliters warm milk; 118 milliliters melted butter, cooled; 5 egg yolks; 227 grams package room temperature cream cheese; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 Tbsps flour; 1 teaspoon vanilla; 2 teaspoons lemon juice; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 4 Tbsps lemon juice; 1 serving purple, green, and yellow sanding sugar

Need a lacto ovo vegetarian dessert? Homemade King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling could be a super recipe to try. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains about 12g of protein, 26g of fat, and a total of 727 calories. Head to the store and pick up cream cheese, sugar, flour, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 3 hours and 5 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as King Cake with Cream Cheese Filling, Mardi Gras King Cake With Fruit And Cream Cheese Filling, and Easy Mardi Gras King Cake with Cream Cheese Cinnamon Filling.

Instructions

Combine the warm water with the yeast and 2 teaspoons of sugar.

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Sugar

Water

Yeast

Mix it together and let sit for about 10 minutes.

In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine 4 cups of flour, sugar, salt, nutmeg, lemon zest, milk, melted butter, egg yolks, and yeast mixture.

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Lemon Zest

Egg Yolk

Butter

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Yeast

Milk

Salt

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Stand Mixer

Bowl

Using the dough hook, knead until the dough pulls away from the sides of the mixer. If the dough is very wet, you can add up to one more cup flour. Knead for 5 minutes.

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Dough

All Purpose Flour

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Blender

Turn the dough out into bowl that has been coated with cooking spray. Turn the dough in the cooking spray and cover with plastic wrap.

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Cooking Spray

Dough

Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Bowl

Let the dough rise until it has doubled, about 1 1/2 hours.

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Dough

Mix together the cream cheese, confectioners sugar, flour, vanilla, and lemon juice. Set aside.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Juice

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Roll the dough into a rectangle about 30 inches long.

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Dough

Roll

Spread the cream cheese mixture evenly on the dough.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

Dough

Roll the dough into a cylinder.

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Dough

Roll

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Put a mason jar in the middle and wrap the dough around the jar. Tuck the ends together to form a ring. Cover with a towel and let rise for another 45 minutes.

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Dough

Wrap

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Baking Paper

Baking Sheet

Canning Jar

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until golden brown. Take the mason jar out and let cool.

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Canning Jar

Oven

Make the icing by whisking the confectioners sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla.

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Powdered Sugar

Lemon Juice

Vanilla

Icing

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Whisk

Hello baby! Press the plastic baby into the cake. Please be smarter than me. Press it underneath the king cake, not on the top.

Cover the King Cake with the icing and sprinkle the cake with sugars alternating the colors.

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Icing

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Servings:

118milliliters

warm water 2packages

active dry yeast 2teaspoons

freshly ground nutmeg 1

zest of lemon 118milliliters

warm milk 118milliliters

melted butter, cooled 5

egg yolks 227grams

package room temperature cream cheese 237milliliters

confectioners sugar 2Tbsps

flour 1teaspoon

vanilla 2teaspoons

lemon juice 473milliliters

confectioners sugar 4Tbsps

lemon juice 1serving

purple, green, and yellow sanding sugar

Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Albarino, Moscato Dasti, Port, Rose Wine, Sauvignon Blanc

Cream Sherry, Albarino, and Moscato d'Asti are my top picks for King Cake. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. The NV Johnson Estate Cream Sherry with a 5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 19 dollars per bottle.