How do you make a king cake?

Answer 1

2 1/4 oz. pkg. dry yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water
1 tsp. sugar plus 6 tbsp.
1 c. milk, scalded
2 eggs, beaten, plus 1 egg yolk
1 1/2 c. sifted flour plus 2 to 2 1/2 c.
3 tbsp. melted butter plus 2 tbsp.
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tsp. orange extract
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. grated nutmeg
1 tbsp. water
1/3 c. light corn syrup
2 drops purple food coloring
2 drops green food coloring
2 drops gold food coloring

Dissolve the yeast in the water and add the teaspoon of sugar. Scald the milk and let cool, then add the 1/2 cup sugar, eggs and 1 1/2 cups of the sifted flour. This is what is called a "sponge." This is the first process in baking bread. Cover with a damp cloth and let the sponge rise in a warm place until it doubles in size. This will take from 1/2 to 1 hour.
When the sponge is ready, add the 3 tablespoons of melted butter, vanilla and orange extracts, salt, and nutmeg. Mix well. Add 2 cups of the sifted flour and mix thoroughly until the dough comes away from the sides of the bowl and does not any longer stick to your hands. Knead about 10 minutes or until smooth and shiny.

Place dough in a warm greased bowl and brush the surface very lightly with melted butter; cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm (80 to 85 degrees) place about 2 hours or until doubled in bulk.

Turn out on a floured board and roll the dough with your hands into a rope 1 inch in diameter. Transfer to a well-greased cookie sheet and form the rope of dough into one large or two small oval-shaped cakes. Join ends by moistening with water.

If you want to put a bean or doll in the cake, press it into the dough at this time. Cover and let rise 1/2 hour. Brush with egg yolk diluted with 1 tablespoon of water. Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 20 minutes.

Add 2 drops of one of the food colorings to 2 tablespoons of sugar, and stir quickly until the sugar is evenly colored. Proceed with the two remaining colors and set aside.

Remove from the oven and decorate by brushing the top of the cake with corn syrup and alternating 3-inch bands of purple, gold, green sugar.

Answer 2

properly because of the fact it spawns from Catholic tradtions... yet while that's going to help alongside with your eating ordinary? no - that's a sin to devour that piece of king cake. or in simple terms devour the stupid piece and then furnish up king cake for lent day after today!

Answer 3

Brioche Dough:

1/2 cup lukewarm water, 110 to 115 degrees
2 packages dry yeast
4 1/2 to 5 1/2 C sifted flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1/2 cup lukewarm milk
3 eggs
4 egg yolks
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons butter, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten with 1 tablespoon milk
dime, dried bean, or miniature doll
Sugars:
green, purple, and yellow food coloring, pastes
3/4 cup granulated sugar (12 tablespoons)
Icing:
3 cups confectioner's sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice, strained
3 to 6 tablespoons water
2 candied cherries, halved
Soften yeast in water. Combine flour, sugar, nutmeg and salt in mixing bowl. Stir in lemon peel. Make a well in center and pour into it the yeast mixture and milk. Add eggs and egg yolks, and with a large wooden spoon gradually incorporate dry ingredients into liquid ones. Beat in butter and continute beating until dough forms ball. (Mixing of the dough can be done in a food processor.) Place ball on floured board and incorporate more flour if necessary, by sprinkling it over ball by the tablespoon. Knead until smooth and elastic. Brush inside of large bowl with 1 tablespoon softened butter. Set dough in bowl and turn it so as to butter entire surface. (At this point you can refregerate dough overnight.) Cover bowl and set aside for 1 1/2 hours or until doubled in bulk. Brush a large baking sheet with remaining butter. Punch dough down on lightly floured surface. Knead, then pat and shape dough into a cylinder about 14 inches long. Place on baking sheet and form into a ring. Press bean or doll into dough so that it is hidden. Set aside again to rise. When ready to bake brush the top and sides of the ring with the egg-milk mixture. Bake King's Cake in middle of oven at 375 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes, or until golden brown. Slide cake onto wire rack to cool.
Prepare the colored sugars by squeezing a dab of green paste into the palm of one hand. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sugar over the paste and rub your hands together to color the sugars evenly. Set aside and repeat process with green, then twice with purple and yellow. (Do not mix sugars.)

When the cake has cooled prepare the icing. Combine the confectioner's sugar, lemon juice and 3 tablespoons of water in a deep bowl and stir until the icing mixture is smooth. If too stiff to spread, beat in 1 teaspoonful water at a time, until desired consistency is reached. With a small metal spatula, spread the incing over the top of the cake, allowing it to run down the sides. Sprinkle the colored sugars over the icing immediately, forming a row of purple, yellow, and green strips, each about 2 inches wide, on both sides of the ring. Arrange 2 cherry halves at each end of the cake, pressing them gently into the icing.

Answer 4

its simple....you make any regular cake...and put a crown on it!!!!