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King of Mardi Gras: King Cakes

By Ben Mims

From SAVEUR Issue #136

by Ben Mims

I first tasted a king cake at a Mardi Gras party in my fifth grade classroom in Mississippi. Striated with cinnamon-sugar and cream cheese, and glazed with a sticky icing, my slice included a surprise: a small plastic baby. King cakes, which commemorate the Epiphany—the wise men's discovery of the baby Jesus—are eaten the world over in various forms, but they're nowhere more beloved than in New Orleans, where the cake is associated with the festivities of Mardi Gras, which run from mid-February through March 8 this year.Keep reading »

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