Mardi Gras King Cake

Name: Mardi Gras King Cake
Prep time: 4 h 30 min
Cook time: 4 h 30 min
Total time: 4 h 30 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: Creole, Cajun
Ingredients: 14 grams packages active dry yeast; 237 milliliters packed brown sugar; 118 milliliters melted butter; 237 milliliters confectioners sugar; 2 eggs; 118 milliliters all-purpose flour; 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon; 237 milliliters milk; 1 teaspoons freshly grated nutmeg; 158 milliliters chopped pecans; 118 milliliters raisins; 2 teaspoons salt; 158 milliliters warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C); 1 Tbsp water; 118 milliliters white sugar

Mardi Gras King Cake might be a good recipe to expand your dessert recipe box. This recipe serves 20. One serving contains 187 calories, 2g of protein, and 8g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 4 hours and 30 minutes. A mixture of ground cinnamon, sugar, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

Scald milk, remove from heat and stir in 1/4 cup of butter. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature. In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water with 1 tablespoon of the white sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Butter

Water

Yeast

Milk

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Bowl

Let stand until creamy, about 10 minutes.

When yeast mixture is bubbling, add the cooled milk mixture.

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Yeast

Milk

Whisk in the eggs. Stir in the remaining white sugar, salt and nutmeg. Beat the flour into the milk/egg mixture 1 cup at a time. When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.

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Granulated Sugar

Nutmeg

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Milk

Salt

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Whisk

Lightly oil a large bowl, place the dough in the bowl and turn to coat with oil. Cover with a damp cloth or plastic wrap and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume, about 2 hours. When risen, punch down and divide dough in half.

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Dough

Punch

Wrap

Cooking Oil

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease 2 cookie sheets or line with parchment paper.

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Combine the brown sugar, ground cinnamon, chopped pecans, 1/2 cup flour and 1/2 cup raisins.

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Ground Cinnamon

Pecan Pieces

Brown Sugar

Raisins

All Purpose Flour

Pour 1/2 cup melted butter over the cinnamon mixture and mix until crumbly.

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Cinnamon

Butter

Roll dough halves out into large rectangles (approximately 10x16 inches or so).

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Dough

Roll

Sprinkle the filling evenly over the dough and roll up each half tightly like a jelly roll, beginning at the wide side. Bring the ends of each roll together to form 2 oval shaped rings.

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Dough

Jelly

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Place each ring on a prepared cookie sheet. With scissors make cuts 1/3 of the way through the rings at 1 inch intervals.

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Let rise in a warm spot until doubled in size, about 45 minutes.

Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Push the doll into the bottom of the cake. Frost while warm with the confectioners' sugar blended with 1 to 2 tablespoons of water.

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Powdered Sugar