It's Epiphany. King Cake season has officially begun!
To be honest, due to visiting brothers, we cheated this year and already some. On a couple of occasions. One was in the guise of a "Christmas Cake" - red and green sugar instead of purple, green, and gold - but it was really a King Cake.
To celebrate, we went to Whole Foods' King Cake party today. So clever on their part. We were motivated to go at that time by the thought of free king cake, but of course bought lunch and a few groceries. I'm generally a plain-and-cheap-King-Cake kind of girl, but I did enjoy my slice of raspberrry and cream cheese filled. 2006 marked the year I was able to say, "I lost 50 pounds in the past year." ;) Let's hope 2007, and spending the whole Mardi Gras season in New Orleans, doesn't mark the reverse.
King cake time is my absolute favorite. My whole family lives in New Orleans and I've been in Texas since i was about 5. We go back for carnival almost every year and I soooo look forward to it. My favorite it the king cakes from Dornach's. Something about them....YUM!
Posted by: jen at January 6, 2007 10:44 PM