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February 6, 2017 By MississippiMom

Make-It-Yourself Monday: Cream Cheese Filled King Cake

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This might not be Louisiana, but many places in Mississippi do Mardi Gras, too.  Even in places we don’t do parades, we definitely do pastries…and King Cake is one delicious pastry.  In fact, some of the best king cake makers around are right here in the Magnolia State.  (Paul’s Pastry Shop in Picayune or Jody’s Bakery in Hattiesburg are a couple that come to mind.)

 

How to Make a Mardi Gras King Cake - Celebrate Mardi Gras in style with your very own homemade King Cake!

 

I thought this year it would be fun to make a king cake myself so I did an internet search and recipe sources abound.  I decided to begin with a recipe from Emeril Lagassee.  I mean, he’s from New Orleans so he ought to know what he’s doing.  I wanted to make the dough in my bread machine so I altered the recipe a bit and was very pleased with the result.  (If you don’t have a bread machine or would like to make the pastry yourself, visit Emeril’s recipe and use his instructions for making the dough, but come back here for the filling!!)

 

What You Need to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

Ingredients (in the order I  put them into my bread machine):

1/2 cup warm water

1/2 cup warm milk

1/2 melted salted butter (you can use unsalted, but up the salt from 1 1/2 tsp. to 2 tsp.)

1/2 cup plus 2 tsp. sugar

1 1/2 tsp. salt

4 1/2 cups flour

5 egg yolks

5 tsp. active dry yeast (or 2 packages)

 

How to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

Put the ingredients into the bread machine as directed by the manufactured.  After adding the flour, add eggs around the edges of the flour.  Make a well in the top of the flour and add yeast.  Use dough setting on bread machine.

 

When dough is ready, roll out onto floured surface and spread cream cheese filling (recipe follows).  Roll the dough into a long cylinder and form into a ring.

 

How to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

 

Now, I had a comment from a reader that the dough did not cook thoroughly, and I have since decided that it is best to separate the dough into two or three sections and make smaller rings.  This will help with baking time!

 

Hwo to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

 

You can also divide the dough into three sections and braid it as above.  Just pinch the ends together then braid.  Pinch the other end together, and you’re done!

Allow the ring to rise in a warm place for about 30-45 minutes.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Allow to cool completely.

 

How to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

 

 

 

To make glaze, mix milk, powdered sugar and vanilla (or other favorite flavoring) to make a thick glaze.  Drizzle over cooled cake and top with yellow, purple and green sugar sprinkles.  Don’t forget to put the baby or a pecan half in the cake!

 

How to Make Mardi Gras King Cake

 

Filling:

8 oz. creme cheese

1 1/2  – 2 cups powdered sugar

Beat together until fluffy then spread on dough.

 

 

Enjoy!

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  1. Nancy says

    January 28, 2012 at 7:38 am

    Tried this recipe. Have a few questions! Do you roll it like a jelly roll? I baked it for 45 minutes and the inside of the ring never cooked:( Any suggestions would be appreciated!!!

    • MississippiMom says

      January 28, 2012 at 9:11 am

      Oh, goodness! I wish I could help, but I don’t know what might have happened! I know that when I made it, rolling it up like a jelly roll, I pulled and stretched so that each layer was pretty thin so that might I have made a difference? Did you visit Emeril’s original recipe to see if his suggestions might help? I’m going to have to try it again this year and see if I can figure it out…I’ll let you know! I’m so sorry it didn’t work for you, but I’m very glad you asked!

    • N. says

      February 21, 2012 at 6:33 am

      Maybe you rolled up the wrong end? You roll up the long edge, not the shorter side.

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