King Cake
Celebrate Mardi Gras with this easy homemade King Cake recipe made with puff pastry for a satisfying bite!
Ingredients
King Cake
- 4 sheets Frozen Puff Pastry 2 packages
- 1 Egg for eggwash
- Purple, Green & Yellow sugar sprinkles for topping
Filling
- 1 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tbsp Ground Cinnamon
- 1/2 cup Melted Butter (1 stick)
Bavarian Cream
- 1 packet Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/4 tsp Almond Extract
Icing
- 2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 1/2 tsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Let puff pastry sheets thaw until you can unfold without breaking
- While thawing you can begin making bavarian cream
- Mix together vanilla pudding packet, heavy whipping cream, milk, vanilla extract and almond extract until thick consistency. Set aside
- Open puff pastry sheets and connect all four using a little bit of water
- In a medium bowl mix together brown sugar, ground cinnamon and melted butter until well combined
- Spread filling mixture evenly on to the puff pastry
- Fold pastry in twice & roll with rolling pin
- Cut pastry long ways into 3 sections then roll out each section with rolling pin
- Spread thin layer of bavarian cream on top each section
- Roll each section closed and begin to braid each section together
- Once completely braided connect the ends creating an oval shape and pinching the ends together
- Brush entire top with egg wash
- Bake for 35 min or until golden brown
- While the cake is cooling make the icing
- Mix together powdered sugar and water until smooth
- Allow king cake to cool but not completely before icing
- Ice cake & add sprinkles for decoration
- Enjoy!
Notes
Celebrate Mardi Gras with this easy homemade King Cake recipe made with puff pastry for a satisfying bite!