I splurged on a more expensive king cake yesterday from the fancy pants pastry/gelato/chocolatier shop, 5ucre on Mag. It's delish but not what I would call traditional. The instructions say to warm it up and it was like eating a warm stick of butter wrapped in dough, in a good way. But next weekend (for parade company) I'll probably get one at a ( Read more... )

Was my first filled king cake of the season from Ant0ine's (via Walgreen's). And it was filled with apple. Pretty good. I miss getting the super fresh Ant0ine's cakes from around the corner. That building flooded to about 2 feet and is ungutted, but I did notice it is for sale. I can only hope for another bakery.

King cake #10 was one my Mom made for my niece's 13th birthday party. Good sugar & icing and not overworked (like when she tries to make a braided one), very McKenz1e like. And I got the baby.

Just got back from a crawfish boil and my lips are still burning from the artichoke that was soaked in cayenne (in a good way ( Read more... )

Was a slice (so a little stale) which I purchased at Il P0sto, the cafe around the corner. But it was baked at B0ulangerie. I've never had their plain New Orleans style, this needed a little something, jam or butter, maybe. But it was sitting out on a counter so I won't complain too much.

Since I had to be on the Westbank this afternoon for a dentist appointment, I stopped at Hi D0 bakery on my way back. I had their king cake for the first time a few years ago, but haven't since. So I bought one for work tomorrow and a small one for me & E tonight. I could have eaten the entire cake in one sitting; it's so good. Kind of like a ( Read more... )

#4 was purchased at my local grocery, Z@r@'s and was made by the P@rty P@l@ce in Kenner. It was OK, too much icing for me and the dough seemed a little undercooked.

#5 was at work at this morning and is a plain from R0use's. Again it was ok, lots of icing but nice crunchy sugar and again it looked a little undercooked.

A slice from CCs, courtesy of my honey. It was a little stale (but he bought it midday), very cinnamon roll-ish, gooey icing and purple, green, and gold jimmies. So pretty good and very unexpected.

I had "Don't you wish your girlfriend" stuck in my head. Luckily SOMEONE had posted the Push It video on YouTube so I've switched to that. At least I like Salt-n-Peppa.

Sample #2 for 2009 is a French King Cake from Le M@deleine. The almond paste was delish, but I think the dough was a little overworked in the piece that I had.

If I seem to be slow this year, it's because I still have birthday cake at home + brother #1 brought a H@ydel's cake last week and left it. I will endeavor to do better soon.